"Although still listed as critically endangered, the mountain gorilla is the only great ape whose population is increasing in the wild. Humans still pose their greatest threat, but a number of organizations have been collaborating with local people in conservation efforts to bring back their numbers. Learn about the programs that are expanding the mountain gorilla's habitat, reducing poaching, and managing tourism, which provides jobs to replace the financial incentive to poach"--Provided by publisher.
"Accompanied by photographs of 266 masks, the largest representation of traditional polychrome masks from the Temne people of Sierra Leone and the Anang (Ibibio) people of Nigeria are documented here, as well as one of the largest published collections of articulated masks from the Ogoni people of Nigeria"--Dust jacket.
A survey of the historical regions and kingdoms of Central Africa including biographies of Afonso I, King of the Kongo (1456-1493); Shamba Bolongongo, King of the Bakuba (17th century); and Njoya, King of the Bamun (1867-1933).
Reprint of the 1935 novel about Rose, a spinster working as a missionary in Africa, and Allnutt, a mechanic-of-all-work, who team up out of necessity and hatch a plan to help the war effort by building and launching torpedoes at a German police steamer.
Examines the history, language, lifestyle, social structure, culture, and religion of the major ethnic groups of Central Africa, and includes a chronology, a pictorial history of the region, a glossary, and a language tree.
Presents an overview of Central Africa today along with information on the physical geography, religion, culture, and current problems facing Central Africa.
