The sooner the Crown Colony system is removed from the sphere of practical politics and put under a glass case in the South Kensington Museum, labelled ‘Extinct’, the better for everyone.
Mary Kingsley Quotes
West Africa today is just a quarry of paving stones for Hell, and those stones were cemented in place with men’s blood mixed with wasted gold.
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| Birth: | 13th October, 1862 |
| Death: | 3rd June, 1900 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Explorer, Writer |
About
Mary Henrietta Kingsley was an English ethnographic and scientific writer and explorer whose travels throughout West Africa and resulting work helped shape European perceptions of African cultures and British imperialism.
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