Zanzibar to Timbuktu

Posted on 15 October 2018 by Theodore Dalrymple

Africans, I discovered, have a unique talent for finding happiness where others would find only misery While working in Tanzania in the 1980s, British doctor Theodore Dalrymple hatched a plan to cross Africa using only public transport Avoiding planes, his journey took him by bus, lorry, train, boat and canoe Along the way he encountered corruption, poverty and oppression as well as pragmatic and cheerful travelling companions and the result is this humorous, beautifully written and sharply observed travelogue.Theodore Dalrymple is the author of many books including If Symptoms Persist , Second Opinion and The Policeman and the Brothel. Free Read [ Zanzibar to Timbuktu ] by [ Theodore Dalrymple ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Written in the late 1980s, the author documents his travels across Africa from East to West He is a funny guy with a sarcastic tongue He travels like a local but seemed to spend a lot of time in bars, with ex pats, getting visas, paying bribes and describing the various can...As always highly amusing and very witty, the doc goes to strange places, although not always exactly recommending them One country I definitely don t feel like visiting now if I ever did is Equatorial Guinea But I m glad Dalrymple did.I recently discovered the writings of Anthony Daniels, aka Theodore Dalrymple, through an essay published in an English paper This is the first of his many book length works I have finished I am currently reading his lengthy essay In Praise of Prejudice, The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas , and am finding in it the same duty to obj...The author travels through several African countries Book is full of great details Dalrymple his real name is Anthony Daniels observes great details and describes many funny scenes The basic message of the book m...Fascinating and entertaining A joy to read Daniel s humour, wit and eloquence enliven this tour of a seemingly broken continent After reading this I now believe that author Jack Vance must have traveled in Africa, his alien landscapes have never seemedfamiliar Highly recommended.This is the story of the author s trip through Africa in the 80s, mostly by the way most Africans would have travelled It s an interesting description of daily life there, the dangers, the petty officialdom, the bullying, the extortion, the lack of future for so many people The author has a...

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15 October 2018

Theodore Dalrymple