While his explorations were still in progress, Robbins published his successful Aspects of Africa (Viking and Penguin), which comprises exactly half the material now assembled. When Aspects was first published, one critic alluded to ‘the mindbending and bewildering complexities of a continent marked by natural grace on the one hand and genocide on the other’. (Yves Vanderhaeghen in The Natal Witness)
Through graphic descriptions and revealing encounters, Searching Africa charts the progress of this award-winning writer through such countries as Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Zaire (now DRC), Malawi, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda (shortly after the genocide and subsequent invasion), Uganda, Brazzaville Congo, Gabon, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone (during the civil war), Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, Mauritania and Morocco, searching not for ‘solutions’ to Africa’s ‘problems’ but simply for the tactile experience of being at close quarters to the dramas and pains of contemporary Africa’s profoundly wrenching transition.
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While his explorations were still in progress, Robbins published his successful Aspects of Africa (Viking and Penguin), which comprises exactly half the material now assembled. When Aspects was first published, one critic alluded to ‘the mindbending and bewildering complexities of a continent marked by natural grace on the one hand and genocide on the other’. (Yves Vanderhaeghen in The Natal Witness)
Through graphic descriptions and revealing encounters, Searching Africa charts the progress of this award-winning writer through such countries as Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Zaire (now DRC), Malawi, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda (shortly after the genocide and subsequent invasion), Uganda, Brazzaville Congo, Gabon, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone (during the civil war), Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, Mauritania and Morocco, searching not for ‘solutions’ to Africa’s ‘problems’ but simply for the tactile experience of being at close quarters to the dramas and pains of contemporary Africa’s profoundly wrenching transition.
Imprint | Porcupine Press |
Country of origin | South Africa |
Release date | October 2011 |
Availability | Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available. |
Authors | David Robbins |
Dimensions | 245 x 172 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 541 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-9869979-1-4 |
Barcode | 9780986997914 |
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LSN | 0-9869979-1-9 |