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 »
Gottlieb Keller asks his master, a shoemaker, for his daughter’s hand. The master replies that he will only give his daughter to someone who has conquered some land in Africa for the Germans […]
Liudvig, M.: The Germans in Africa. A Short Story Read Post »
This short novel for children centres around Mambo, a young man from a village on the shores of lake Victoria. Having listened to the tales of a local traveller, he begins to dream of reaching the sea and visiting the island of Zanzibar. The opportunity arises […]
Berezin, N.I.: The Zanzibar Fugitive. A Tale from African Life 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 »