Through Timbuctu and across the great Sahara: $b an account of an adventurous journey of exploration from Sierra Leone to the source of the Niger, following its course to the bend at Gao and thence across the great Sahara to Algiers

Name: Through Timbuctu and across the great Sahara: $b an account of an adventurous journey of exploration from Sierra Leone to the source of the Niger, following its course to the bend at Gao and thence across the great Sahara to Algiers
Author: Haywood, A. H. W. (Austin Hubert Wightwick)

Haywood, A. H. W. (Austin Hubert Wightwick) · 1965

These curious veiled people of the Sahara are said to have been driven out of North Africa many centuries ago. They were forced south into the desert, where they have ever since remained, seemingly preferring this lonely existence to contact with a more civilized world. The “litham,” or veil, covering the face is primarily designed to keep out the choking desert sand.] THROUGH TIMBUCTU AND ACROSS THE GREAT SAHARA…

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