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Africa Drums

by Richard St. Barbe Baker

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The fascinating memoirs of the late Assistant Conservator of Forests in Kenya and the southern provinces of Nigeria during the early to mid-nineteenth century during the heyday of British Imperial Empire in Africa, author became a 'blood brother' of the Kikuyu in Kenya and succeeded in reforesting vast swathes of territory. Author traveled widely across Africa and became an initiate of the secret society of 'Kiama'.

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Book data: Open Library