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Halfway down an African moon / Michael McKeown.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: 252 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9789966062321
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 916 MCK
Summary: Whether travelling in a pirogue down the Niger river, on foot in Northern Kenya in the company of a Samburu game ranger or listening to Malian music under the desert stars, the author recalls his journeys with a sense of exhilaration and a warm affection for the humor and resilience of the people he encounters a long the way. The spellbinding landscapes, the vanishing wildlife, old world courtesies, ancient story - telling and the random strands of history are all touched upon in this vivid snapshots of a continent torn between the demands of the twenty first century and its ancient traditions.
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Whether travelling in a pirogue down the Niger river, on foot in Northern Kenya in the company of a Samburu game ranger or listening to Malian music under the desert stars, the author recalls his journeys with a sense of exhilaration and a warm affection for the humor and resilience of the people he encounters a long the way. The spellbinding landscapes, the vanishing wildlife, old world courtesies, ancient story - telling and the random strands of history are all touched upon in this vivid snapshots of a continent torn between the demands of the twenty first century and its ancient traditions.

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