Sarah Lefanu
Biographic Data
| ID | 1643658 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Lefanu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | Lefanu |
| SIGNATURE | LEFANU S |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4692-9267 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Mary Kingsley 1896–1899
This chapter explores how Mary Kingsley believed the British merchants and traders in West Africa were better placed than missionaries or colonial officials to understand West African beliefs, laws and social practices; she supported the liquor trade. It looks at her two major books, Travels in West Africa and West African Studies , analyzing Kingsley’s literary style and the challenges her observations and arguments posed to the British colonial…
South Africa, 1 January 1900
This chapter records the voices of a number of other players in the drama of the South African War, on the first day of the new century. They include interpreter Solomon Plaatje in the besieged town of Mafeking; war correspondent H. W. Nevinson besieged in Ladysmith; Lieutenant Colonel Kekewich in command of the besieged town of Kimberley. Also President Paul Kruger in Pretoria, Roger Casement, Mohandas Gandhi (later the Mahatma), novelist Olive …
Mary Kingsley
This chapter looks at Kingsley’s post-mortem legacy: most immediately how her concern for Boer POWS was translated by her friend Alice Stopford Green into an investigation of the dire conditions in which exiled Boers were held on St Helena. Journalist E. D. Morel was a great admirer of Mary Kingsley and her ideas on indirect rule lay behind his creation of the Congo Reform Association, which campaigned vigorously against the atrocities visited on…
Something of Themselves
Feminism and Science Fiction
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Feminism and Science Fiction
Mary Kingsley 1896–1899
This chapter explores how Mary Kingsley believed the British merchants and traders in West Africa were better placed than missionaries or colonial officials to understand West African beliefs, laws and social practices; she supported the liquor trade. It looks at her two major books, Travels in West Africa and West African Studies , analyzing Kingsley’s literary style and the challenges her observations and arguments posed to the British colonial…
South Africa, 1 January 1900
This chapter records the voices of a number of other players in the drama of the South African War, on the first day of the new century. They include interpreter Solomon Plaatje in the besieged town of Mafeking; war correspondent H. W. Nevinson besieged in Ladysmith; Lieutenant Colonel Kekewich in command of the besieged town of Kimberley. Also President Paul Kruger in Pretoria, Roger Casement, Mohandas Gandhi (later the Mahatma), novelist Olive …
Mary Kingsley
This chapter looks at Kingsley’s post-mortem legacy: most immediately how her concern for Boer POWS was translated by her friend Alice Stopford Green into an investigation of the dire conditions in which exiled Boers were held on St Helena. Journalist E. D. Morel was a great admirer of Mary Kingsley and her ideas on indirect rule lay behind his creation of the Congo Reform Association, which campaigned vigorously against the atrocities visited on…
Something of Themselves
History (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · 1859-1930 (1 work)