Drawing on extracts from the explorers' diaries, the author recounts the earliest expeditions to Kenya's interior in the late nineteenth century

Kenya: The First Explorers

History

Pavitt, Nigel

Africa

St Martins Pr

Extraordinary photographs, along with extensive captions, document the transition from a barely explored paradise to a modern nation. This stunning collection of 720 photographs, many of them drawn from family archives and scrapbooks and all carefully restored, is one of the most important visual records of Africa in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries ever to have been published.The early photographers captured the beauty and dangerous allure of life on this spectacular frontier: the ceremonies and traditional attire of the native people, the fantastic machinery used in construction of the Uganda Railway, the gradual development of trade on the coast and in the country's interior, the hardships of the East African Campaign during World War I, and the pioneering spirit of early European settlers and farmers. Many of the most famous names and places connected with Africa appear in these pages, including Karen Blixen's farm and Ernest Hemingway and Theodore Roosevelt on safari. This is a book to delight anyone who has ever traveled to East Africa or been intrigued by its history. 720 photographs

Kenya: A Country in the Making, 1880-1940

W.W.Norton&Company

East Africa affects the imagination like few other places on earth. Just north of the Equator, where the Great Rift Valley provides some of the most spectacular scenery in Kenya, lies Samburuland. Isolated and inhospitable, subject to a fierce climate, it is home to a race of proud, tough, semi-nomadic pastoralists. The Samburu, akin to the more visible and better-known Maasai to the south, are traditionalists in a world of change. The rule of the elders, the guidance of an astrologer/sage, the force of custom and--as a last resort--the power of a curse maintain law and order within the tribe.

Samburu

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Henry Holt Co.

The flora and fauna of one of Africa's most spectacular regions is documented in 202 photographs, from snow-topped mountains to heat-blasted salt flats.

Africa's Great Rift Valley

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Harry N. Abrams

Superb color photographs, many of them full page, illustrate this documentation of the traditions of one of the last truly nomadic peoples who inhabit one of the least hospitable corners of the world. The author traces the prehistory of the region, tells of the extraordinary wealth of wildlife that once populated the area, and recounts the history of the colonial period, thereby creating a vivid picture of a vital traditional culture. No index. Oversize: 10x 12.5

Turkana: Kenya's Nomads of the Jade Sea

Harry N.Abrams, Inc.

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

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Just north of the Equator, where the Great Rift Valley provides some of the most spectacular scenery in Kenya, lies Samburuland, an inhospitable area but the home of the proud, tough, semi-nomadic pastoralists of the Samburu tribe. Like its more famous relatives, the Maasai, this race continues to withstand efforts to impose an alien culture, and live as it has always done. The Samburu follow a rigid social structure in which the guidance of an astrologer, the rule of the elders and the power of a curse maintain law and order. Tribal life centres around ceremonies, the most significant being circumcision, symbolizing the beginning of adulthood as a "moran", or warrior - a period when a young man is in his prime, has few responsibilities, and enjoys the adoration of the girls of his clan. Cattle are the Samburu's most important possession - they give him status in his community and form the bridewealth which will enable him to buy a wife from a good family. This is an account of the life and traditions of the Samburu. The author, who served in the King's African Rifles and with the Kenya army, travelled extensively through the region collecting material for this photographic record.

K. Cathie

A stunning visual record of the life and traditions of the Samburu tribe of Kenya, featuring more than 200 color photos and a Foreword by Wilfred Thesiger.

KYLE CATHIE LTD.

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Kenya: The First Explorers

Kenya: A Country in the Making, 1880-1940

Samburu

Africa's Great Rift Valley

Turkana: Kenya's Nomads of the Jade Sea

Kenya: The First Explorers

Samburu

Samburu