Mary Henrietta Kingsley (1862 - 1900)

Short name Mary Henrietta Kingsley
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First name Mary Henrietta
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Date of birth 1862
Date of death 1900
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Place of birth England
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Bibliography MENTIONED IN: - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: Today she is mostly remembered as an explorer of West-Africa.
Provisional Notes Traveller, travel writer and ethnologist. critic of European colonialism. Travelled to West Africa, alone (1893-1894). Visited Congo, Cabinda, Gabon etc. Revisited West Africa (starting in December 1894), visiting a.o. Sierra Leone, Accra, Gold Coast, Cameroon. Collected plants, insects and other animal specimen for the British Museum. Studied the local population, religion, culture. As a result of her travels wrote "Travels in West Africa", and was often invited as a guest lecturer. Traveled to South Africa in 1899, during the Anglo-Boer War. According to 'African History', started smoking in South Africa. Died of enteric fever (Typhoid fever).
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