Children’s Literature Archivi - AfTeR - The African Text: Representing Africa in Imperial Russia (1850-1917)

Tupikov, P.G.: Hot Countries. In the Kingdom of Lions and Monkeys

The book is complemented by illustrations portraying local people, plants, animals, and landscapes. Following an introduction about geographical zones, the author describes a fictional journey to Africa. In Chapter One, he depicts the initial phase of the journey and explores the “fascinating” country of Egypt. Chapter Two delves further into Egypt, while Chapter Three shifts to the desert […]

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Cheglok (Usov), A.A.: Animals of Central and Southern Africa

The book is comprised of ten short stories, each centered around a particular animal which can be encountered in Africa (rhinoceros, chimpanzee, elephant, dik-dik, baboon, African buffalo, hyrax, aardvark, Egyptian mongoose, hippopotamus). Either the stories are structured around an encounter between a human (locals, Europeans, Russians) and a given animal, or […]

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Cherskii, L.F.: The Adventures of Dzhami. A Story from the Life of a Fellah

In this book, Cherskii presents to his readers the coming-of-age story of a young orphan named Dzhami, who works as a helper for a poor fellah family near Rosetta. Initially leading a hard and miserable life, in the course of ten chapters Dzhami manages to climb the social ladder […]

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Karintsev (Dudel’) N.A.: In the African Forests

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 […]

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Cheglok (Usov), A.A.: My Adventures in the Sahara and Northern Africa

The book consists of ten short stories focused on birds and reptiles which can be seen in Northern Africa. They are written in the first person […]

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Bessel’ (Rubakina) L.A.: How I Travelled Through Abyssinia

The book is a fictional travel diary by a Frenchman named Verdier, employed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris […]

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Kun, N.A.: African Folktales

The book is divided into nine major chapters, each devoted to the folktales of a specific ethnic group. Each chapter opens with a brief paragraph detailing the characteristics of the given ethnicity. In the introduction, Kun explains that he intends to introduce […]

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