AfTeR – The African Text: Representing Africa in Imperial Russia (1850-1917)
In the African Forests is an adaptation of the novel My Kalulu, Prince, King, and Slave by Henry Stanley (1873). In a footnote, Karintsev presents the events he narrates as a true story, which had been told to Stanley during his time in Zanzibar […]
Karintsev (Dudel’) N.A.: In the African Forests Read Post »
The book is a compilation of chapters on Ethiopia, in which the author provides information about the country, fictionalising historical facts and the lives and adventures of historical figures. It is mainly focused on Emperor Tewodros II […]
Rubakin, N.A.: The Merciless Negus. A Tale About the Traditions and Habits of Abyssinia Read Post »
The book is an adaptation of Samuel Baker’s Ismailia (1874). It is enriched with illustrations of African landscapes, people, and animals. It is divided into three chapters, supplemented with a brief conclusion. The volume tells the story of Samuel Baker’s military expedition to the equatorial regions of the Nile […]
Rubakin, N.A.: Adventures in the Country of Slavery Read Post »
The volume includes ten illustrations, and presents itself as an adaptation for children of a book by Alfred Brehm. The author portrays the perils and challenges of travelling through the Sahara […]
Poretskii, S.A.: A Journey to the Sahara Read Post »
This volume is an adaptation of the memoirs In Ketten des Kaliffen (1899) by Karl Neufeld (1856-1918), a German merchant who was caught up in the Mahdist rebellion […]
The book appears to be a rewriting of Lion Hunting and Sporting Life in Algeria by Jules Gérard (1854), targeted at a popular readership. […]
Gartman: In the Lion’s Claws. A Short Story Read Post »
The book is an adapted Russian translation of In Savage Africa: Or, Six Years of Adventure in Congo-Land by Edward James Glave (1892) […]
The book’s introductory note informs that in 1887 Notes on Hydrography were published, containing information about the harbours of the West coast of Africa, collected by midshipman Azbelev. Since then, no new notes on the West coast of Africa have appeared in Russian […]
Maidel’, E.V.: A Pilot’s Notes from the West Coast of Africa Read Post »
The volume collects ten short stories set in Africa, published by Chistiakov in “Zhurnal dlia detei” over the course of the years. It includes: A trip to the isthmus of Suez, A few days in Madagascar, The murder of Henri Lambert […]
Chistiakov, M.B.: Tales of Travels through Africa Read Post »