Camping with the Prince and Other Tales of Science in Africa (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas A. Bass
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Science
- Time of Work: 1985-1987
- Setting: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Principal Characters: Alison Brooks, Stephen Cobb, Kenneth Robert McKaye, Thomas Risley Odhiambo, Jeremy Swift, Ctewale Tomori
- Genres: Nonfiction, Science and technology
- Subjects: Culture, Africa or Africans, Politics, Colonialism, Colonies or colonization, Nature, Education or educators, Disasters, Natural disasters, Anthropology or anthropologists, Technology, Insects, Fishes, Research, Biology or biologists, Famines
- Locales: Africa
The phrase “science in Africa” usually conjures up images of European or American scientists investigating the flora and fauna of the jungles or deserts of Africa, with Africans relegated to the status of laborers, or perhaps visions of anthropologists studying African tribes. Some aspect of an apparently alien Western science being practiced in Africa does appear in this book. The title is derived from a visit by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, to Mali in his role as head of the World Wildlife Fund, with the resulting clash of cultures described in some detail. There are other...
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