Abstract
Exploration and mapping of Africa began around 1850 and continued intothe nineteenth century.S. K Pottekkatt, the Indian travel writer from Kerala State in India, set out to Africa. This study focusses on S. K Pottekkat as a travel writer who made Malayalis aware of the geography, life and culture of Africa. The Kappiri had no place in the land of his birth. Beira was a source of great relief for Indians travelling from other countries because Portuguese Africa was fairly free from racial discrimination. The Gujarati businessman was prominent. They had mastered the language of the natives and had in depth knowledge of their customs as well as their needs and so prospered well. Who had the greater right in Africa: the British or the Indians?
Highlights
Extensive developments took place in travel writing during the latter half of the nineteenth century
Beira was a source of great relief for Indians travelling from other African countries because Portuguese Africa was fairly free from racial discrimination
Pottekkatt recalls that the British had abetted communal violence in order to continue their rule in India and they had followed the same policy in Africa, pitting the Africans against the Indians
Summary
Extensive developments took place in travel writing during the latter half of the nineteenth century. It was just after these times that a traveller from the land of the Malayalis in India decided to set out to Africa by ship. K Pottekkatt, the Indian travel writer from the State of Kerala.
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