Africa

From the Mediterranean to the Cape, over the Atlas Mountains, across the Sahara, through the Congo jungles and over the Kalahari we’ll be building selections of books about this great continent from north to south and east to west.

Zimbabwe

October 22, 2011

Zimbabwe has suffered a painful past, and still is in deep difficulty both politically and economically. The selection of books on this page will give insights into this troubled nation. ….. and here’s another more broadly relevant selection (there may be some overlaps with our selection above,as this next section is autogenerated from the Amazon [...]

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The Nile – River of Mystery

September 16, 2011

The Nile fascinated explorers for centuries. It was well-known in Egypt, but where did it come from? What was its source? Is it the world’s longest river? Geographers differ on that last question. At over four thousand miles in length there may be as little as twenty or thirty miles difference from the Amazon, but [...]

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