Sociolingo highlights A Labyrinth of Kingdoms: 10,000 Miles through Islamic Africa by Steve Kemper:
You’ve heard of Burton, Stanley, and Livingstone and their Victorian-era adventures in Africa. But you probably don’t recognize the name of Heinrich Barth. His five-year, 10,000-mile journey through North and Central Africain 1849 ranks among the greatest in the annals of exploration. Told for the first time in A LABYRINTH OF KINGDOMS: 10,000 Miles through Islamic Africa, the story of Barth’s survival and triumphrivals Burton or Stanley for excitement and surpasses them in scientific achievements...[continue reading]
