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Kaban ng Hiyas
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Kaban ng Hiyas
Congressional Library

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travel

Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town

Author

Paul Theroux

Call Number

KH470993.2BB 9402 1992

Accession Number

64654kh

PUBLICATION YEAR

2011

Keywords

Africa, journey, travel, politics, culture

Book Summary

In Dark Star Safari the wittily observant and endearingly irascible Paul Theroux takes readers the length of Africa by rattletrap bus, dugout canoe, cattle truck, armed convoy, ferry, and train. In the course of his epic and enlightening journey, he endures danger, delay, and dismaying circumstances.

Gauging the state of affairs, he talks to Africans, aid workers, missionaries, and tourists. What results is an insightful mediation on the history, politics, and beauty of Africa and its people.

In a new postscript, Theroux recounts the dramatic events of a return to Africa to visit Zimbabwe.

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