Notebook containing notes on visits to Doula, Cameroon and Dahomey,, Feb.-Mar. 1972
File
MS. Eng. e. 3729
Held at the Weston Library
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.
Dates
- Creation: Feb.-Mar. 1972
Extent
1 volume
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. e. 3729
Creator
- From the Collection: Chatwin | Charles Bruce | 1940-1989 | Writer (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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