A second prophesy, this time involving dolphins, comes true for eleven-year-old Martine, an orphaned South African girl who has mystical powers over animals, when she embarks on a school trip to study marine life off the coast of Mozambique.
Explores the lives of African Bushmen of the Kalahari, who make good livings by working only as much as they need to in order to exist in tune with their desert environment, and have done so consistently as a civilization for a longer period of time than any other civilization. Discusses how these Bushmen have gotten along when they encounter modern technology and civilization, and explores the possibility that modern civilization could learn from the Bushmen.
exile, African slavery, and the publicity stunt that saved millions
Milbrandt, Jay
David Livingstone set out to find the source of the Nile River in the nineteenth century. The explorer's scientific ambitions are noteworthy but far more important were the contributions he made to the abolition of the slave trade in Africa.
