AfTeR – The African Text: Representing Africa in Imperial Russia (1850-1917)
The book is divided into six chapters: Introduction. Mombasa; The Ugandan Railway. Nairobi; Towards Entebbe. Entebbe; Mabira Forest; Kisumu. From Voi to Taveta […]
Dogel’, V.A.: A Naturalist in East Africa Read Post »
The book consists of daily diary entries of variable length, which provide detailed ethnographic data and descriptions of the flora and fauna of East Africa […]
Sokolov, I.I.: Diary of the Expedition to Kenya and Uganda in 1914 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 »
In the introductory pages the author claims that the British government offered the Jews some land in East Africa, to settle on an autonomous basis. They provide a literal translation of excerpts from the document containing the offer […]
Anon. – Uganda, or Uganeida. A Geographical Essay Read Post »
The book comprises an author’s introduction, a chapter devoted to general geographic information about Uganda (its borders, climate, flora and fauna, and population), a chapter devoted to the Kingdom of Uganda (with general information about its society, religion, commerce, and state administration). […]
Table of contents: 1. In place of a first chapter (p. 6) – 2. The country and its inhabitants (p. 17) – 3. The first moves of the mission (p. 37) – 4. The first Christians (p. 58) – 5. The first martyrs (p. 66) – 6. The bishop Hannington (p. 73) – The persecution (p. 81) – Mass uprising and the war (p. 90) – 9. Ending (p. 100).
Anon. – Western Missionaries in Africa Read Post »
The account of Vasilii Junker’s expedition to Africa was published in the 23rd volume of the Report of the Russian Geographical Society for 1887, in the section titled “Geographic News”. The article bears a subtitle: “Read at the official assembly of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society on April 9, 1887”. In the opening, the author claims that this is his second journey to Africa […]
Junker, V.V.: Report on a Seven-Year Journey through Equatorial Africa Read Post »