Travel Sketches from Liberia
Johann Büttikofer's 19th Century Rainforest Explorations in West Africa
Annotated English Edition, edited by Henk Dop and Phillip T. Robinson, University of Toledo
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Biographical note
Henk Dop, M.Sc. (1982), is a biologist trained at the Free University of Amsterdam. He has been engaged in Africa-related studies and activities for the past three decades. He worked with the Forestry Development Authority in Liberia in 1986-87 and has since then remained active in conservation work in that country.
Phillip T. Robinson, M.S., D.V.M. (1972), Michigan State University, is a veterinary surgeon and wildlife biologist who has been engaged in wildlife conservation work in Liberia since 1968. He has conducted field studies in Liberia under the sponsorship of the World Wildlife Fund, National Geographic Society and World Bank, and he is on the research faculty at the University of Toledo (Ohio).
Phillip T. Robinson, M.S., D.V.M. (1972), Michigan State University, is a veterinary surgeon and wildlife biologist who has been engaged in wildlife conservation work in Liberia since 1968. He has conducted field studies in Liberia under the sponsorship of the World Wildlife Fund, National Geographic Society and World Bank, and he is on the research faculty at the University of Toledo (Ohio).
Readership
This publication is of particular interest to historians, anthropologists, political scientists, conservation biologists, Africana scholars and the citizenry of the Republic of Liberia and its neighbors in West Africa.
Reviews
“…Representing an invaluable update on Liberian natural history and ethnography, this 2-volume set is an exceedingly erudite contribution. For Liberiaphiles, it is an indispensable addition to one’s personal library. Dop’s translation is exquisitely readable and entertaining and the footnotes demonstrate the meticulous and insightful scholarship of the authors. I found myself anticipating these footnotes with gratitude for new tidbits and references. I can think of no three Liberianists (Dop, Robinson and Holsoe) better qualified to undertake and/or comment upon Büttikofer’s seminal journeys in 19th century Liberia. Like Schwab and Harley (Tribes of the Liberian Hinterland) and Johnston (Liberia), this translation completes the set of “must-own” volumes for those who have worked in hinterland Liberia or remain steadfast students of West African history, ecology, ethnography, and culture. Memories will stir, the nocturnal cry of the civet will prickle & piloerect, and libations will be poured to the authors who have revived Büttikofer and Sala to walk again amongst us in untamed terrain! “
Richard A. “Ran” Nisbett, PhD, MSPH
Tropical Public Health/EcoHealth Track
Department of Global Health
College of Public Health
University of South Florida
Richard A. “Ran” Nisbett, PhD, MSPH
Tropical Public Health/EcoHealth Track
Department of Global Health
College of Public Health
University of South Florida
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