The King of Lokoja: William Balfour Baikie the Forgotten Man of Africa - Paperback
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The King of Lokoja: William Balfour Baikie the Forgotten Man of Africa
William Balfour Baikie was a surgeon, naturalist, linguist, writer, explorer, and government consul who played a key role in opening Africa to the Europeans. As an explorer he mapped and charted large sections of the Niger River system as well as the overland routes from Lagos and Lokoja to the major trading centres of Kano, Timbuctu and Sokoto. As a naturalist, major beneficiaries of his work...
Professor Wendell McConnaha is a retired university professor in education who during his career has worked around the world, from America to China and Abu Dhabi and has consulted for many governments in various countries. When in Nigeria he first learned of William Baikie and resolved to write his story.
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