Notebook containing notes on visits to Doula, Cameroon and Dahomey,
MS. Eng. e. 3729
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Notebook containing notes on visits to Doula, Cameroon and Dahomey,
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. e. 3729
Summary
Includes notes on nomad reading; meeting with a man who inspired Chatwin's story 'Until My Blood is Pure'; Fumbot; Baigom; flight from Douala to Contonou; Hounon Dagbo, chief fetisheur in Ouidah; on slaver Francisco Felix da Souza and the slave trade with Brazil; "Madam Martine" for short story 'Milk'; and drawings of tribal objects.
Date
Feb.-Mar. 1972
Language
English
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Archive of (Charles) Bruce Chatwin
Papers concerning unpublished work 'The Nomadic Alternative'
Notebooks
Notebook containing notes on visits to Doula, Cameroon and Dahomey,
