Sven Lindqvist

Over twenty years ago, Sven Lindqvist, one of the great pioneers of a new kind of experiential history writing, set out across Central Africa. Obsessed with a single line from Conrad's The Heart of Darkness—Kurtz's injunction to 'Exterminate All the Brutes'—he braided an account of his experiences with a profound historical investigation. He reveals to the reader with immediacy and...

In the critically acclaimed Desert Divers and Exterminate All the Brutes, Sven Lindqvist travelled through Africa's deserts and unearthed the cruelty of colonialism. Now he has done the same for Australia. Lindqvist travels through the south of the country, lyrically describing its landscape, flora, fauna, and geology, while also telling the history of the country and revealing the shocking treatment...

Enlightening stories of courageous eighteenth- and nineteenth-century men and women who defied the racial prejudices of their communities. In this unique book, Sven Lindqvist, author of the acclaimed Exterminate All the Brutes, shows why the history of antiracist work must not be limited only to the study of racists. Here we have the inspiring stories of more than twenty eighteenth-...