Editor : Idanna Pucci Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazza rejected the racism of his age and embraced the African people with respect and equality, signing a treaty with Makoko Iloo I, of the ancient Batéké tribe, whose influence extended over 725,000 square miles. Richly illustrated with 200 black and white and color photographs,drawings, watercolors and paintings, it accompanies a major exhibition that opened in Rome, Italy and will be in New York in February-March 2009. The editor, Idanna Pucci, author of The Trials of Maria Barbella , The Epic of Life : A Balinese journey of the Soul, and Against All Odds: The Strange Destiny of a Balinese Prince , educated at Columbia University, a direct descendent of Brazza, has brought together Jean Leonard Touadi, Marie Claude Dupre, Como Kinata, Terence Ward, Felicien Challaye, Jean Pigozzi, Christian Campiche, and many more to tell the story of this great African man of action. She has led missions to east Timor and Burma for Open Society Institute /The Soros Foundation and her documentary film Evgenia of Patagonia won the Premio del Pubbblico at Torino’s CinDonne Festival in 2005. Trade Cloth / $40 USD 8.25" x 9.75" / 236 pages ISBN: 978-1-884167-94-2

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