African History — Recommended Reading

Novice Favorites

Recommended for beginners of any age

Book Title	Author
Stories of the Gorilla Country	by Paul du Chaillu
Story of David Livingstone	by Vautier Golding

Comprehensive History

Book Title	Author
South Africa	by Ian D. Colvin
Land of the Golden Trade	by John Lang
Oom Paul's People	by Howard C. Hillegas
Our Empire Story	by H. E. Marshall

Military History

Book Title	Author
With the Boer Forces	by Howard C. Hillegas

Social History

Book Title	Author
Stories of the Gorilla Country	by Paul du Chaillu
Wild Life Under the Equator	by Paul du Chaillu
Lost in the Jungle	by Paul du Chaillu
My Apingi Kingdom	by Paul du Chaillu
Country of the Dwarfs	by Paul du Chaillu

Biographies

Book Title	Author
Cecil Rhodes	by Ian D. Colvin
Story of David Livingstone	by Vautier Golding
Story of H. M. Stanley	by Vautier Golding
Story of General Gordon	by Jeanie Lang
With Stanley on the Congo	by M. Douglas

Folk and Fairy Tales

Book Title	Author
West African Folk-Tales	by William H. Barker
Native Fairy Tales of South Africa	by Ethel L. McPherson

Fiction

Book Title	Author
Tarzan of the Apes	by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Return of Tarzan	by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Jungle Tales of Tarzan	by Edgar Rice Burroughs