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Bradt Guide Niger


by Jolijn Geels

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 280 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

A detailed overview of Niger, its history, wildlife, culture and major attractions. Geared for the independent traveler, it includes maps, a small selection of photographs, and lots of practical travel information. (WAF99, $23.95)

Nomads of Niger

Nomads of Niger


by Carol Beckwith | Marion Van Offelen

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1993
  • HARD COVER
  • 224 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

For this extended photographic essay, famed photographer traveled among the Wodaabe nomads of central Niger for a year and a half, giving her intimate access to the daily life of a family of cattle herders. (WAF52, $29.98)

Exploration of Africa, From Cairo to the Cape

Exploration of Africa, From Cairo to the Cape


by Ann Hugon

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 173 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

This jewel of a book chronicles the 19th-century exploration of Africa with hundreds of contemporary paintings and prints, brief chapters on the expeditions, and a very useful chronology. Livingstone, Burton and others are featured in a series of journal excerpts. (AFR03, $15.95)

Riding the Demon, On the Road in West Africa

Riding the Demon, On the Road in West Africa


by Peter Chilson

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 216 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Peter Chilson took to the road in Niger for this portrait of a turbulent and fascinating nation, where rickety bush taxis, packed to the gills with passengers, provide an eye-opening perspective on the nation. (WAF54, $24.95)

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