Books about Africa, set in Africa and African books
Jul 7th, 2009, 07:58 AM
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Oops, wrong "Chic"! Sorry, Calo, my bad... You can actually see 28 pages of "Swahili Chic" on www.bibijordan.com. It's hard to say if the photos are of greater quality by just looking at the website, but they appear to be so. Yes, it looks to be an interesting book!
Jul 7th, 2009, 05:07 PM
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No worries, Shay. I'm a bit confused because the book I've ordered (for when available) is listed differently from the one on Bibi Jordan's website. Could be just the years of publication, but the tag lines are also different. I guess it's the same book:
http://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?...s=swahili+chic
http://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?...s=swahili+chic
Jul 9th, 2009, 06:47 AM
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Khakif, thank you SO MUCH for telling us about Michael Stanley. I am just starting to read A Carrion Death. Imagine my surprise to discover, upon reading the blurb about the authors on the back flap, that the Stanley half of the duo is an old friend of mine, in fact, the man who introduced my husband and me to Africa! Stan went to grad school with my husband, and the three of us have worked together, both in the US and Africa. This was many years ago, and we had lost touch. It will be great to get back in contact with him.
The web site for their books is www.detectivekubu.com. The book is really good. I always knew Stan was a man of many talents, but I had no clue that literature was one of them.
The web site for their books is www.detectivekubu.com. The book is really good. I always knew Stan was a man of many talents, but I had no clue that literature was one of them.
Jul 30th, 2009, 03:54 AM
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Celia:
Just finished reading “The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu,” by Michael Stanley. I’m becoming rather fond of the charming Detective Kubu. I think their second book is hugly appealing. Looking forward to more mysteries from Michael and Stanley.
Just finished reading “The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu,” by Michael Stanley. I’m becoming rather fond of the charming Detective Kubu. I think their second book is hugly appealing. Looking forward to more mysteries from Michael and Stanley.
Jul 30th, 2009, 05:20 AM
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"The Power of One," which has is mentioned above, is an excellent read. For those who might not have known, Bryce Courtenay wrote a sequel entitled "Tandia," which includes Peekay, the main character from 'Power...' I've just started the sequel and so far so good.
Sep 30th, 2009, 06:01 AM
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I'm reading The Last Resort. It's written by a journalist who grew up in Zimbabwe. He goes back to visit his parents a few days before this most recent election.
It is really good so far. He's a wonderful writer. And it's nice to read something so current.
It is really good so far. He's a wonderful writer. And it's nice to read something so current.
Sep 30th, 2009, 06:27 AM
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'The Zanzibar Chest' is excellent.
'Don't let the dogs go tonight' is much better than 'Scribbling the cat' I felt.
Memoirs of a Game Ranger - by one of the first Wardens of Kruger Park is a great read.
Wilbur Smiths first books are also rollicking African adventure story's - 'When the Lion Feeds' I think is one? Good, light holiday reads.
'Don't let the dogs go tonight' is much better than 'Scribbling the cat' I felt.
Memoirs of a Game Ranger - by one of the first Wardens of Kruger Park is a great read.
Wilbur Smiths first books are also rollicking African adventure story's - 'When the Lion Feeds' I think is one? Good, light holiday reads.
Sep 30th, 2009, 06:29 AM
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Oh and for a very good account of a bit of South Africa's more recent apartheid history - 'In a Different time' - it's about the treson trial of the Delmas 4. Written by there lawyer. It sounds very heavy but it is well written and gripping.
Sep 30th, 2009, 07:25 AM
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I didn't go back to check the original lists - and figure many readers here are like me - so I'm adding a book I just finished.
Mark C. Ross's "Dangerous Beauty" Many wonderful safari memories from his experiences as a guide in East Africa, built around the terror of having been in the group that was kidnapped while in Uganda viewing gorillas. Horrific ordeal. Extremely well written and constructed book.
Mark C. Ross's "Dangerous Beauty" Many wonderful safari memories from his experiences as a guide in East Africa, built around the terror of having been in the group that was kidnapped while in Uganda viewing gorillas. Horrific ordeal. Extremely well written and constructed book.
Sep 30th, 2009, 12:02 PM
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Here's a title I don't recall seeing in this list, or other similar lists and it surely does belong. Among The Elephants by Iain and Oria Douglas-Hamilton, published in '75. Quite amazing to realize how little was known such a (relatively) short time ago.
Sep 30th, 2009, 06:59 PM
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I am enjoying <i>The Trouble with lions</i> by Jerry Haigh, telling of his work with mostly lions and rhino in the mid-1960s around Meru and Nanyuki. The book has just moved onto Cameroon where he was involved with fitting radio collars to forest elephants.
Other recent African reads include:
King, Simon - A Wild life (Memoir)
Peek, Bookey - Wild honey (tales from a Zim wildlife sanctuary)
Park, Tony - Ivory (Adventure page-turner set on the Mozambique coast)
Henderson, Sally - Ivory moon. Follow-up to <i>Silent Footsteps </i> where Sally and Jerry are guest managers at a WS lodge in Namibia.
McKenna, Virginia - The Life in my years. Memoir that includes some stories of her meetings with the Adamsons whilst making Born Free and other African projects.
Seal, Mark - Wildlfower. A biography of the wildlife photographer Joan Root who was murdered at her Lake Naivasha home in early 2008.
Bryden, Bruce - A Game ranger remembers. Biography of a long serving Kruger game warden. I saw his death reported recently.
Brownlee, Nick - Burn (2nd in a crime series set around Mombasa)
Cheers,
Pol
Other recent African reads include:
King, Simon - A Wild life (Memoir)
Peek, Bookey - Wild honey (tales from a Zim wildlife sanctuary)
Park, Tony - Ivory (Adventure page-turner set on the Mozambique coast)
Henderson, Sally - Ivory moon. Follow-up to <i>Silent Footsteps </i> where Sally and Jerry are guest managers at a WS lodge in Namibia.
McKenna, Virginia - The Life in my years. Memoir that includes some stories of her meetings with the Adamsons whilst making Born Free and other African projects.
Seal, Mark - Wildlfower. A biography of the wildlife photographer Joan Root who was murdered at her Lake Naivasha home in early 2008.
Bryden, Bruce - A Game ranger remembers. Biography of a long serving Kruger game warden. I saw his death reported recently.
Brownlee, Nick - Burn (2nd in a crime series set around Mombasa)
Cheers,
Pol
Oct 1st, 2009, 05:54 AM
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There's a new little paperback guide that came out in Aug this year called Tanzania - Culture Smart!: the essential guide to customs and culture.
It'd be very useful particularly to first-timers to Tz in terms of how to be culturally sensitive and aware.
http://www.amazon.ca/Tanzania-Cultur...4405025&sr=1-1
It'd be very useful particularly to first-timers to Tz in terms of how to be culturally sensitive and aware.
http://www.amazon.ca/Tanzania-Cultur...4405025&sr=1-1
Oct 1st, 2009, 01:07 PM
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Just an update on "Tandia," the sequel to "The Power of One." The follow-up book chronicles Peekay's boxing career and his subsequent legal career. If TPOO was a 4.5 - 5, I thought "Tandia" was a 3.5 - 4. Still a decent read and interesting to find out what happens to Peekay.
