Introduction: in search of brightest Africa -- A cry from Africa : Victorians, new women, new Negroes, and moderns confront the dark continent -- To Bunco a Yankee : America and the Congo question -- Written on the wall : pan-African dreams of African empires and republics -- To capture a vanishing world : naturalist-environmentalist discourses and displays of Africa -- Reel Africa : American filmmaking and criticism in defense of Africa -- Conclusion: the wonders of Africa brought to America.
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