Vanishing Africa

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Vanishing Africa
AuthorLeni Riefenstahl
Original titleMein Afrika
IllustratorLeni Riefenstahl
CountryUnited States, Germany
LanguageEnglish (translated), German
GenreIllustrations
PublisherList (Germany)
Harmony (US)
Publication date
1982
Published in English
1982
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages232
ISBN0-517-54914-X
OCLC8587687
779/.99676 19
LC ClassDT365.19 .R53 1982
Preceded byKorallengärten 

Vanishing Africa is the title of the 1982 English-language translation of German film director Leni Riefenstahl's Mein Afrika, a photographic book published in the same year in Germany. It was published by Harmony Books in the United States.

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The pictures are evidence of Riefenstahl's work as a photographer in Africa. According to the book, Riefenstahl wanted to capture the African traditional way of life before it lost its "innocence" to the modern age.[1]

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