The British Academy Award-winning series of ten programmes 7: The Story of Mary Kingsley who lived alone with cannibals in 1893 - and survived.
Written by ROSEMARY ANNE SISSON Introduced by David Attenborough from the Royal Geographical Society, London.
Mary Kingsley risked her life in a dramatic and calculated way when she entered the forests of West Africa - the white man's grave. It was to be one of the shortest important journeys in the history of exploration. And when she returned to Britain she shocked Victorian society by reporting something no one wanted to hear.
A superior series (DAILY EXPRESS) The pictures are among the most flamboyantly handsome since colour transmission began (THE TIMES) Snowdon's film recaptures the remarkable journey (NEWS OF THE WORLD)
Director TONY SNOWDON
Producer MICHAEL LATHAM
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