DELIA AKELEY

Delia Akeley (EEUU, 1869 – 1970) Fue la primera mujer que exploró África, y en una época donde las aventuras eran sólo cosa de hombres, ella viajó por el Congo Belga sola, sin guías, sin cazadores y sin profesionales del safari.

Al final de su experiencia regresó a Nueva York donde publicó todas las fotos y documentos de su vida en África.

Delia Akely (USA, 1869 – 1970) was the first woman to explore Africa, in a time when this was only done by men. First, she travelled on expeditions with her husband, Carl Akeley, taxidermist, artist and inventor. Delia accompanied Akeley on expeditions to collect specimens central to the most important displays in the African sections of the museums where her husband worked: Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. But after her divorce in 1924, Delia continued to travel widely in Africa leading her own expeditions and concentrating more on the ethnography of the more reclusive tribes such as the Forest People pygmies. She was one of the first westerners to explore the desert between Kenya and Ethiopia, and she explored the Tana River in a dugout canoe, entering it from the Indian Ocean.

At the end of her experience, she went back to New York, where she published all her photographs and documents of her life in Africa.

Delia Akeley (États-Unis, 1869 - 1970) fut la première femme à explorer l'Afrique, et à une époque où l'aventure était réservée aux hommes, elle parcourut le Congo belge seule, sans guide, sans chasseur et sans professionnel du safari.

À la fin de son expérience, elle est retournée à New York où elle a publié toutes les photos et les documents de sa vie en Afrique.