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Bill Bryson's African Diary

Author : Bill Bryson
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409095576
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Bill Bryson's African Diary written by Bill Bryson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Bryson goes to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world. Kenya, generally regarded as the cradle of humankind, is a land of stunning landscapes, famous game reserves, and a vibrant culture, but it also has many serious problems, including refugees, AIDS, drought and grinding poverty. It also provides plenty to worry a nervous traveller like Bill Bryson: hair-raising rides in light aircraft, tropical diseases, snakes, insects and large predators. Bryson casts his inimitable eye on a continent new to him, and the resultant diary, though short in length, contains all his trademark laugh-out-loud wit, wry observation and curious insight. All the author’s royalties from this book, as well as all profits, will go to CARE International.

Diary of a Colonial Wife

Author : Joan Sharwood-Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diary of a Colonial Wife written by Joan Sharwood-Smith and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of a colonial service wife extending nearly twenty years, from the beginning of World War II to the eve of Nigerian independence. No sooner had the author arrived in 1939 than she had to learn to deal with her husband's strange life of lonely stations, horse treks, encounters with snakes in bat-ridden rest houses, and to get to know the language in the people. With the fall of France in 1940, Nigeria became a frontier province and her husband became an army officer in cahrge of transfrontier intelligence. She became his adjutant and cypher clerk, and also hosted French officers and General de Gaulle.

The African Dream

Author : Che Guevara
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1860468470
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book The African Dream written by Che Guevara and published by Random House. This book was released on 2001 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These African diaries--written when Che Guevara tried to help the people of the Congo throw off the yoke of colonial imperialism--afford a very personal insight into the thoughts and emotions of one of the 20th century's greatest revolutionary martyrs. of photos.

The Diary of Antera Duke

Author : Stephen D. Behrendt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199704446
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Diary of Antera Duke written by Stephen D. Behrendt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-08 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his diary, Antera Duke (ca.1735-ca.1809) wrote the only surviving eyewitness account of the slave trade by an African merchant. A leader in late eighteenth-century Old Calabar, a cluster of Efik-speaking communities in the Cross River region, he resided in Duke Town, forty-five miles from the Atlantic Ocean in what is now southeast Nigeria. His diary, written in trade English from 1785 to 1788, is a candid account of daily life in an African community at the height of Calabar's overseas commerce. It provides valuable information on Old Calabar's economic activity both with other African businessmen and with European ship captains who arrived to trade for slaves, produce, and provisions. This new edition of Antera's diary, the first in fifty years, draws on the latest scholarship to place the diary in its historical context. Introductory essays set the stage for the Old Calabar of Antera Duke's lifetime, explore the range of trades, from slaves to produce, in which he rose to prominence, and follow Antera on trading missions across an extensive commercial hinterland. The essays trace the settlement and development of the towns that comprised Old Calabar and survey the community's social and political structure, rivalries among families, sacrifices of slaves, and witchcraft ordeals. This edition reproduces Antera's original trade-English diary with a translation into standard English on facing pages, along with extensive annotation. The Diary of Antera Duke furnishes a uniquely valuable source for the history of precolonial Nigeria and the Atlantic slave trade, and this new edition enriches our understanding of it.

Hiroshima Diary

Author : Michihiko Hachiya, M.D.
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 0807873551
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Hiroshima Diary written by Michihiko Hachiya, M.D. and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city. Though his responsibilities in the appalling chaos of a devastated city were awesome, he found time to record the story daily, with compassion and tenderness. His compelling diary was originally published by the UNC Press in 1955, with the help of Dr. Warner Wells of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who was a surgical consultant to the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission and who became a friend of Dr. Hachiya. In a new foreword, John Dower reflects on the enduring importance of the diary fifty years after the bombing.

Che in Africa

Author : William Gálvez
Publisher : Ocean Press (AU)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Che in Africa written by William Gálvez and published by Ocean Press (AU). This book was released on 1999 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Che Guevara "disappeared" from Cuba in 1965 to lead a guerrilla mission to support a revolutionary movement in the Congo. Until recently, very little has been known of this mission which proved to be a disastrous failure. This book publishes extensive excerpts from Guevara's fascinating, and sometimes shockingly frank, diary of the Congo experience.

Kenya Diary (1902-1906)

Author : Richard Meinertzhagen
Publisher : Hippocrene Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Kenya Diary (1902-1906) written by Richard Meinertzhagen and published by Hippocrene Books. This book was released on 1983 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bill Bryson's African Diary

Author : Bill Bryson
Publisher : Doubleday UK
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bill Bryson's African Diary written by Bill Bryson and published by Doubleday UK. This book was released on 2002 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Invited by CARE International, the author of "In a Sunburned Country" now visits Kenya and observes the many contrasts of Kenyan life, from the country's dramatic geography and famous game reserves to its postcolonial poverty and environmental problems. The author's earnings from this diary, as well as a portion of the profits, go to CARE. of color photos.

African Safari Journal & Field Guide

Author : Mark W. Nolting
Publisher : Global Travel Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780939895175
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book African Safari Journal & Field Guide written by Mark W. Nolting and published by Global Travel Pub. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many guidebooks on the market to assist in planning a trip to Africa. The African Safari Journal and Field Guide stands out as the indispensable companion for an African photo safari. The only book on the market that features color illustrations of African wildlife and botany, color maps, wildlife checklists, African language guides, a travel organizer, a resource directory, and journal pages, the African Safari Journal and Field Guide is a necessary supplement to any other African travel aides. With strict luggage limits on many charter flights, this multi-use tool cuts down on packing weight and saves room for other clothes and equipment. The covered coil binding makes this field guide extremely user-friendly while on safari.

The Sarashina Diary

Author : Sugawara no Takasue no Musume
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231546823
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book The Sarashina Diary written by Sugawara no Takasue no Musume and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thousand years ago, a young Japanese girl embarked on a journey from deep in the countryside of eastern Japan to the capital. Forty years later, with the long account of that journey as a foundation, the mature woman skillfully created an autobiography that incorporates many moments of heightened awareness from her long life. Married at age thirty-three, she identified herself as a reader and writer more than as a wife and mother; enthralled by fiction, she bore witness to the dangers of romantic fantasy as well as the enduring consolation of self-expression. This reader’s edition streamlines Sonja Arntzen and Moriyuki Itō’s acclaimed translation of the Sarashina Diary for general readers and classroom use. This translation captures the lyrical richness of the original text while revealing its subtle structure and ironic meaning, highlighting the author’s deep concern for Buddhist belief and practice and the juxtaposition of poetic passages and narrative prose. The translators’ commentary offers insight into the author’s family and world, as well as the style, structure, and textual history of her work.

When They Came for Me

Author : John R. Schlapobersky
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1789209072
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book When They Came for Me written by John R. Schlapobersky and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2021-05-14 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apartheid and its resistance come to life in this memoir making it a vital historical document of its time and for our own. In 1969, while a student in South Africa, John Schlapobersky was arrested for opposing apartheid and tortured, detained and eventually deported. Interrogated through sleep deprivation, he later wrote secretly in solitary confinement about the struggle for survival. Those writings inform this exquisitely written book in which the author reflects on the singing of the condemned prisoners, the poetry, songs and texts that saw him through his ordeal, and its impact. This sense of hope through which he transformed his life guides his continuing work as a psychotherapist and his focus on the rehabilitation of others. “[T]hetale of an ordinary young man swept one day from his life into hell, testimony to the wickedness a political system let loose in its agents and, above all, an intimate account of how a man became a healer.”—Jonny Steinberg, Oxford University From the introduction: I was supposed to be a man by the time I turned 21, by anyone’s reckoning. By the apartheid regime’s reckoning, I was also old enough to be tortured. Looking back, I can recognize the boy I was. The eldest of my grandchildren is now approaching this age, and I would never want to see her or the others – or indeed anyone else – having to face any such ordeal. At the time my home was in Johannesburg, only some thirty miles from Pretoria, where I was thrown into a world that few would believe existed, populated by creatures from the darkest places, creatures of the night, some in uniform. I was there for fifty-five days, and never went home again.

Africa Diary

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Africa Diary written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lion

Author : Jonathan Scott
Publisher : Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780007146666
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (466 download)

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Download or read book Lion written by Jonathan Scott and published by Collins. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion volume to the successful Big Cat Diary television series, which goes beyond the day-to-day footage and explores the bigger picture: history, biology, behaviour, conservation and how lions survive outside the Masai Mara. As well as a detailed examination of biology and behaviour, the book provides an historical perspective of the big cat families featured in the series. The book also looks outside the Masai Mara Game Reserve, to the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania and the Ngorongoro Crater, and Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Finally there is the question of how to conserve our big cat populations. There could be as few as 15,000 lions left in Africa. How can we ensure they can maintain breeding populations, space to hunt and sufficient prey to survive?

The Africa Diaries

Author : Dereck Joubert
Publisher : National Geographic Society
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Africa Diaries written by Dereck Joubert and published by National Geographic Society. This book was released on 2001 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academy Award-winning filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert have lived in the wilds of Africa for 20 years, fiercely dedicated to understanding and protecting the majestic animals surrounding them. They live in a bush camp in Botswana. "African Diary" is a powerful first-person testament to their extraordinary work as world-class wildlife researchers and conservationists. 120 full-color photos throughout.

Diary from a South African Prison

Author : Tshenuwani Simon Farisani
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Diary from a South African Prison written by Tshenuwani Simon Farisani and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is Tshenuwani Simon Farisani's harrowing account of the suffering inflicted on a single human being by the brutalities of apartheid. Farisani shows us the terror of torture, the fear of death, and the eventual victory of faith. "Here is a man of God, deeply committed to justice and peace, who has given himself in total solidarity with the struggle of his people to the cause of liberation in South Africa. Here is a Christian who has suffered the agonies of hell for the sake of his Lord, his calling as pastor, and his love for his people. Reading this autobiography is not only a priority but an absolute necessity." THE REV. DR. BEYERS NAUD (1915-2004) Former General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches TSHENUWANI SIMON FARISANI is Branch President of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Office and Speaker of the Provincial Legislature of the Parliamentary Office of Limpopo, South Africa. He was the Dean of the Devhula circuit of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Africa, Northern Diocese, and imprisoned several times for his outspoken criticism of apartheid.

Phantom Africa

Author : Michel Leiris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780857423771
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (237 download)

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Download or read book Phantom Africa written by Michel Leiris and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the towering classics of twentieth century French literature, Phantom Africa is a singular and ultimately unclassifiable work: a book composed of one man's compulsive and constantly mutating daily travel journal--by turns melodramatic, self-deprecating, ecstatic, and morose--as well as an exhaustively detailed account of the first French state-sponsored anthropological expedition to visit sub-Saharan Africa. In 1930, Michel Leiris was an aspiring poet drifting away from the orbit of the Surrealist movement in Paris when the anthropologist Marcel Griaule invited him to serve as the "secretary-archivist" for the Mission Dakar-Djibouti, a major collecting and ethnographic journey that traversed the African continent between May 1931 and February 1933. Leiris, while maintaining the official records of the Mission, documenting the team's acquisitions, and participating in the research, also kept a diary where he noted not only a given day's activities and events but also his impressions, his states of mind, his anxieties, his dreams, and even his erotic fantasies. Upon returning to France, rather than compiling a more conventional report or ethnographic study, Leiris decided simply to publish his diary, almost entirely untouched aside from minor corrections and a smattering of footnotes. The result is an extraordinary book: a day-by-day record of one European writer's experiences in an Africa inexorably shaded by his own exotic delusions and expectations, on the one hand, and an unparalleled depiction of the paradoxes and hypocrisies of conducting anthropological field research at the height of the colonial era on the other. Never before available in English translation, Phantom Africa is an invaluable document. If the book is "a stone marking a bend on a path that is entirely personal," as Leiris himself described it years later, it is also a book whose broad canvas bears witness to the full range of social and political forces reshaping the African continent in the period between the World Wars.

Heart of Darkness (AmazonClassics Edition)

Author : Joseph Conrad
Publisher : AmazonClassics
ISBN 13 : 9781542047470
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Heart of Darkness (AmazonClassics Edition) written by Joseph Conrad and published by AmazonClassics. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: River steamboat captain Charles Marlow has set forth on the Congo in Africa to find the enigmatic European trader Mr. Kurtz. Preceded by his reputation as a brilliant emissary of progress, Kurtz has now established himself as a god among the natives in "one of the darkest places on earth." Marlow suspects something else of Kurtz: he has gone mad. A reflection on corruptive European colonialism and a journey into the nightmare psyche of one of the corrupted, Heart of Darkness is considered one of the most influential works ever written. Revised edition: Previously published as Heart of Darkness, this edition of Heart of Darkness (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.