The Tree where Man was BornIn this book, two naturalists join to evoke the African experience. |
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... century ago , had dismissed as Darkest Africa . In January , 1961 - perhaps during the days that I spent at Nimule - Patrice Lumumba wrote a last letter to his wife . I am writing these words not knowing whether they will reach you ...
... century ago , had dismissed as Darkest Africa . In January , 1961 - perhaps during the days that I spent at Nimule - Patrice Lumumba wrote a last letter to his wife . I am writing these words not knowing whether they will reach you ...
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... century Moslem Arabs were dominant , and long before medieval times the trading forts that have since become the small cities of the coast had been established . Mean- while , the Bantu were beset by waves of Nilotic and Hamitic peoples ...
... century Moslem Arabs were dominant , and long before medieval times the trading forts that have since become the small cities of the coast had been established . Mean- while , the Bantu were beset by waves of Nilotic and Hamitic peoples ...
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... century had not been there for more than a few centuries . Tradition and the evi- dence agree that they came from Juba Land , north of the Tana River , toward the coast , hav- ing been displaced in the fifteenth or sixteenth centuries ...
... century had not been there for more than a few centuries . Tradition and the evi- dence agree that they came from Juba Land , north of the Tana River , toward the coast , hav- ing been displaced in the fifteenth or sixteenth centuries ...
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