![]() ![]() The maps used to carve up the African continent were mostly inaccurate large areas were described as terra incognita. This book is intended as testimony to their fortitude. What has always impressed me over the years is the resilience and humour with which ordinary Africans confront their many adversities. But for the innumerable acts of kindness, of hospitality and of friendship I have received, I am profoundly grateful. To list them here would cover too many pages. ![]() Many people on many occasions have given me valued help and assistance. ![]() Along the way I have met with much generosity and goodwill. As a research fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford, and as an independent author, I sought deeper perspectives on modern Africa. As a foreign correspondent based in Africa for fifteen years, my experience was more often related to wars, revolution and upheaval. As a young reporter on the Times of Zambia, I was fortunate enough to witness the surge of energy and enthusiasm that accompanied independence. ![]() In many ways, my African journey has continued ever since. In 1964, at the age of twenty-one, I set out from Cairo travelling up the Nile on a journey to central Africa. ![]()
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