As Brom’s wife, Spenser accompanied him on his African filming expeditions, and draws on the films, his books, and her personal memories to recount the journeys. She covers Africa calling, the
Cameroun expedition 1949-1950, 20,000 miles through the African jungle in 1953, the Mau May expedition in 1953-54, on the footsteps of Stanley in 1955, and the drumbeats of independence
1960-66. Among specific topics are launching the first African expedition, multi-dimensional aspects of documentary production, dangerous journey, searching for the Nile, and the new African
elite. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
