Kim Wildman
| Region of Interest | Africa |
| Primary Country of Residence | South Africa |
| Title | M.Phil. Candidate |
| Affiliation | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Mailing Address | University of Cape Town
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| Countries of Specialization | Benin, Lesotho, South Africa and Togo |
| Research Interests | Dissertation investigated the "Images of Africa", focusing on the manner in which Africa has been imaged and reproduced by early Western writers and photographers and the impact that their work has had on their contemporaries. Specifically, I investigated the hypothesis that contemporary writers and photographers, at a subconscious level, have been responsible for perpetuating the image myths created by their forerunners. Researching specifically Benin, Lesotho, South Africa and Togo. |
| Publications | Produced travel guidebooks on such varying destinations as Romania, Athens and Togo. Guidebooks Co-authored on Africa include Lonely Planet's current South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland and West Africa. |
| Keywords | visual anthropology ; images ; photography ; myths ; Southern Africa ; West Africa. |