Thorkild Bjornvig, "Who Am P The Story of Isak Dinesen's Identity," in Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 57, No 4, Autumn, 1985, pp 363-78

Bjornvig examines the relationship between identityand animals in Dinesen's work.

Louise Bogan, "Isak Dinesen," in A Poet's Alphabet, McGraw-Hill, 1970, pp 104-06

Explores the autobiography's main themes and compares them to her other works.

John Davenport, "A Noble Pnde: The Art of Karen Blixen," in The Twentieth Century, Vol. CLIX, No 949, March 1956, pp 264-74.

This essay explores the autobiographical aspects of her works

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Lynn Davis, in Wonders of the African World, Knopf, 1999, 275 p.

Traces Gates's journey through contemporary Africa, from Ethiopia to the lost city of Timbuktu and the fabled University of Sankore.