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Meg Gehrts. A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland
A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
FOREWORD
ILLUSTRATIONS
A CAMERA ACTRESS IN THE. WILDS OF TOGOLAND
CHAPTER I. LONDON TO LOME
CHAPTER II. HOW WE FILMED "THE WHITE GODDESS OF THE WANGORA"
CHAPTER III. LIFE AT KAMINA
CHAPTER IV. STARTING "ON TREK"
CHAPTER V. ATAKPAME TO SOKODE
CHAPTER VI. IN THE CAPITAL OF TSCHAUDJOLAND
CHAPTER VII. ALEDJO-KADARA—THE SWITZERLAND OF TOGO
CHAPTER VIII. AMONG THE BAFILO FOLK
CHAPTER IX. ON THE MARCH ONCE MORE
CHAPTER X. CHRISTMAS AT SANSANE-MANGU
CHAPTER XI. OUR "FARTHEST NORTH"
CHAPTER XII. AMONG THE SUMBU SAVAGES
CHAPTER XIII. BACK TO MANGU
CHAPTER XIV. THROUGH THE KONKOMBWA COUNTRY
CHAPTER XV. NAMBIRI TO TSCHOPOWA
CHAPTER XVI. THE WOMEN MINERS OF BANJELI
CHAPTER XVII. IN A MOUNTAIN COUNTRY
CHAPTER XVIII. A WOMAN "PALAVER"
CHAPTER XIX. BACK IN SOKODE
CHAPTER XX. KAMINA—LOME—HOME
INDEX
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Meg Gehrts
Published by Good Press, 2019
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One advantage I had, and that was not being hampered in any way as regards dress. One returns to nature in equatorial Africa. No tight skirts, but riding-breeches, in which one can move about easily. No high heels or wafer soles, but good strong boots that are alike serviceable and comfortable. No waved hair, because the waves would not remain in for even half an hour in this hot, damp atmosphere.
Of course we were all the while on the look-out for suitable subjects and settings for our pictures. I rigged up a studio out of half a hut, and we filmed many scenes of native life and customs. Amongst other pictures we took was one showing the daily life and work of a native woman, as set forth above. This was entirely my own idea, and when the films came to be developed, and shown in London later on, this one attracted a very great deal of attention indeed.
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