africa, east

Author's account of the twenty-six years he spent traveling and living with the nomads of Africa from 1965 to 1991.

The numbers one through ten in Swahili accompany two-page illustrations of various aspects of East African life.

Describes the people of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania and their natural resources, histories, economics, and governments.

Investigates not only how humans evolved anatomically, but how they aquired the qualities that make them human, consciousness, creativity, and culture.

Discusses the history, geography, industry, and way of life of five countries of East Central Africa.

Profiles the countries in Southern and Eastern Africa.

Left an orphan after the influenza epidemic in British East Africa in 1919, thirteen-year-old Rachel is tricked into assuming a deceased neighbor's identity to travel to England, where her only dream is to return to Africa and rebuild her parents' mission hospital.

Upon arrival in East Africa, members of Ripley's Bureau of Investigation--RBI--discover the locals are terrified by the cries and strange sightings of unbelievable animals, but DUL agents show up and chase the RBI toward a mysterious, lost island.

Describes the culture and lifestyle of the Masai tribe living in east Africa.