Jella: From Lagos to Liverpool - A Woman at Sea in a Man's World - Softcover
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This is Dea Birkett's story of her voyage from Lagos, along the West African coast and across the ocean to Liverpool, as a member of crew on a working cargo vessel - the only woman on board. It traces her slow, awkward progress from being a girl in a flowery dress who walked up the gangway in Apapa Docks, Lagos, to the boiler-suited cadet called "Jella" - "small boy" in the language of the Sierra Leonean crew. The book is also a testament to the men the author sailed with, the last of those who have been working the West African trade route for over a hundred years. This was to be one of their last voyages. The shipping line has folded, and with it the way of life at sea to which Dea Birkett was a last, privileged witness. She also wrote "Spinsters Abroad: Victorian Lady Explorers" and "Pitcairn".
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- PublisherGollancz
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0575055413
- ISBN 13 9780575055414
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages208
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