The British Expeditionary Literature of Africa

Time to Eat the Dogs | 7 May 2019 | 0h 30m | Listen Later | iTunes
Interview with Adrian Wisnicki about the British expeditionary literature of the late 1800s. Argues that Western explorers of Africa used the pre-existing knowledge of Africans and the people who traded with them. Draws on ideas in Fieldwork of Empire, 1840-1900: Intercultural Dynamics in the Production of British Expeditionary Literature.

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