White Piccaninny

Adventures of a Mother and Child in West Africa

by J. M. Fievet

Translated from the French by Alan Houghton Brodrick

Jarrolds Publishers, 1959, First Edition
Black and white photographic plates
Hardcover, dustjacket

Condition: Very Good
minor edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing and bumping to edges, corners and covers, previous owner inscription stamp on front endpaper, dustjacket shows al little edge and shelf wear wit a little rubbing, chipping and small tears, some discolouration to spine of jacket (see photographs) 

“The author and her artist husband did not go to ‘Black Africa’ to hunt, to convert, to govern, to trade or to meddle with the Africans’ manners and customs.  They went to see and to paint what they saw.  As a consequence, they were able to enjoy the confidence of the peoples of Western Africa to a remarkable extent.  What they experience in the jungle at the courts of medieval ‘kings’ and among the sophisticated and ‘evolved’ Africans of the coastal towns is set down without prejudice and without preconceptions.  During their African sojourn the author had a baby, and he from a very early age took part in his parents’ wanderings – and flourished exceedingly.  The book has colour and movement and the author has a natural gift for interpretation.”