WHITE MAN'S GRAVE
The Story of the West African Coast -
the Cities, Seaports and Castles,
White Exiles and Black Magic

LAWRENCE C. GREEN

STANLEY PAUL AND CO. LTD: LONDON
1954

First Edition.
Here are the Gold Coast castles, the Niger creeks, here is life on the Congo and in the gorilla forests of French Equatorial Africa. You can hear the drums talking and see the witch-doctors at work in this book. West Africa from Cape Verde to Angola.

CONTENTS
White Man's Grave
Lisbon in the Tropics
Cinderella Colony
Congo Belge
Exiles on the Equator
Spanish West Africa
Throne of Thunder

Coast Pidgin Serves its Purpose
Bight of Benin
Masters of the Surf
Gold Coast Castles
"Boy! Pass Chop!"
Black Republic
How Many Died Last Night?
Under the Tricolor Again
Black Man's Magic
The Drums of Africa
Smoking-Room Finale

22 x 14 cm. 249 pp + b/w photo plates.

Good condition. Title faded on the spine and 2 faint cup stains on the front board. Some foxing to the preliminary pages and page edges.
 


 






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