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A. H. W. (Austin Hubert Wightwick) Haywood

1878–1965

Adventure, language study, and colonial-era travel writing meet in these vivid accounts of West Africa and the Sahara. His books reflect firsthand movement across the region and a practical interest in Hausa as it was used in everyday life.

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Through Timbuctu and across the great Sahara

Through Timbuctu and across the great Sahara

by A. H. W. (Austin Hubert Wightwick) Haywood

About the author

Born in 1878 and known formally as Austin Hubert Wightwick Haywood, he wrote as A. H. W. Haywood. He is best remembered for travel and reference works connected with West Africa, including Through Timbuctu and Across the Great Sahara and English-Hausa Vocabulary of Words in Every-day Use.

His writing suggests a strongly practical cast of mind: one book is an adventurous narrative of travel and exploration, while another is a working vocabulary meant for daily use. A later title, Sport & Service in Africa, points to the same blend of travel, field experience, and colonial-era observation.

Haywood died in 1965. While detailed biographical information is limited in the sources readily available online, his surviving books preserve a clear picture of an author interested in movement across Africa, local language, and the kind of firsthand detail that early travel readers valued.