The last of the major African lakes to be visited by European travelers in the late nineteenth century, Lake Rudolf lies in the eastern arm of the great Rift Valley in present-day northern Kenya, near the Ethiopian border. Also known as Lake Turkana, Lake Rudolf is a large saltwater body two hundred miles long and forty miles wide. Fed by the Omo R
In this book, Pascal James Imperato examines the political and diplomatic aspects of colonial competition for the lake Rudolf. He provides unique insights and analyses of Ethiopian colonial policy and its effects on the people who inhabited the region of the lake.
