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The green heart of the tree : essays and notes on a time in Africa / A. S. Woudstra.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woudstra, A. S. (Annette Schouten), 1975- author.
- Series:
- Currents (Edmonton, Alta.)
- cuRRents
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Woudstra, A. S. (Annette Schouten), 1975---Travel--Africa.
- Woudstra, A. S.
- Africa--Description and travel.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (97 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Edmonton, Canada : The University of Alberta Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Woudstra's literary essays, rooted in personal experience and travel, are long and loving looks into the mysterious heart of Africa. Her writings explore topics as diverse as volcanic eruptions and wild trees, African art and ritual, life in Rwanda, and turtle eggs in warm sand.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- The Green Heart of the Tree
- The Volcano
- Swallow the Black Seeds
- The Elephant
- A Deepening Circle
- On the Edge of the Primeval Forest
- "Fish and Fetish"
- A Necessary Silence
- Migration
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Readings
- List of Photographs
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-88864-849-9
- OCLC:
- 980843485
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