Nine Faces of Kenya

by ElspethHuxley (Author), ElspethHuxley (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1990

  $3.25

  A kaleidoscope of Kenya's peoples and wildlife, history and landscape and the men and women who made their mark upon it. Drawing wherever possible on first hand accounts, the author has arranged this anthology on various aspects of Kenyan life. It covers exploration and travel, war, landscape and wildlife, hunting, customs, settlers and farming and poetry and legend. The selection includes a greek guide to the coast of AD100, and accounts of Arab travellers of the middle ages, Vasco da Gama and the Portuguese colonists, English explorers of the nineteenth century, big game hunters and ivory traders, Christian missionaries, British administrators and observations on the tribal customs of the Kikuyu and Maasai peoples.

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  Paperback
  1991

  $3.25

  In this marvelous anthology, Elspeth Huxley, our best and most popular writer on Africa, has drawn on her unparalleled knowledge of Kenya and its literature to present a fully rounded portrait of one of the most fascinating countries in the world. In nine sections focusing on exploration, travel, settlement, war, hunting, wildlife, environment, life-styles, and legend and poetry, using only first-hand accounts, she guides the reader through the story of Kenya from AD100 to the present with her characteristic candour and directness.