Angry Wind

Hailed by Bill Bryson and the New York Times Book Review as a rising star among travel writers, Jeffrey Tayler penetrates one of the most isolated, forbidding regions on earth the Sahel This lower expanse of the Sahara, which marks the southern limit of Islam s reach in West and Central Africa, boasts such mythologized places as Mopti and Timbuktu, as well as Africa s poorest countries, Chad and Niger In parts of the Sahel, hard line Sharia law rules and slaves are still traded Racked by lethal harmattan winds, chronic civil wars, and grim Islamic fundamentalism, it is not the ideal place for a traveler with a U.S passport Tayler finds genuine danger in many guises, from drunken soldiers to a thieving teenage mob But he also encounters patience and generosity of a sort found only in Africa Traveling overland by the same rickety means used by the local people tottering, overfilled buses, bush taxis with holes in the floor, disgruntled camels he uses his fluency in French and Arabic the region s lingua francas to connect with them Tayler is able to illuminate the roiling, enigmatic cultures of the Sahel as no other Western writer could. New Read Angry Wind By Jeffrey Tayler For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I m really glad that, occasionally, a talented journalist is willing to take a seriously exotic trip and write a book about it, which allows me to indulge the heartfelt desire of youth to experience the world in all its unmasked gritty reality without quite having to admit that the grown up me really isn t interested in hunkering in a thin wool blanket against the cold night wind of the Sahel, or chewing gristly meat seasoned with sand Besides, as a woman it just wouldn t be possible for me I m really glad that, occasionally, a talented journalist is willing to take a seriously exotic trip and write a book about it, which allows me to indulge the heartfelt desire of youth to experience the world in all its unmasked gritty reality without q...If you know me well, you know I love books like this, that carry me to cultures and countries unfamiliar and inaccessible This book is the epitome of that I am unlikely to ever travel to the sub Sahara and meet the people there, given the violence and natural dangers of the area This area is largely Muslim, and so Tayler writing about his time there after the US was fighting in Afghanistan but had not yet toppled Saddam s regime there was a LOT of anit US sentiment I think for the first time If you know me well, you know I love books like this, that carry me to culture...Some interesting stories, but the writing was uneven and the author was very quick to draw conclusions.Meh It was okay.I think of Mr Tayler as the deathwish traveler This is the third book of his that I have read and in this one he puts himself in evendanger than in the first two Tayler does a good job of describing his travels through places I will never see and giving enough background to give some context without bogging the narrative down His observations on the likely future of this region, the Sahel, aren t very hopeful but likely realistic He doesn t shy from discussing difficult topics with pe I think of Mr Tayler as the deathwish traveler This is the third book of his that I have read and in this one he puts himself in evendanger than in the first two Tayler does a good job of describing his travels through places...Tells a bit of history at the beginning of each new region he enters kind of dry Religion, Tayler s and those of the people he meets in the Sahel region, is a common theme His descriptions of his interactions with locals is absorbing, with moments of laugh out loud humor, made evenamusing by their unexpectedness and dry, slightly sardonic tone Seems to have a penchant for expounding on the night sky He also goes into detail about the environment of his surroundings, making the reader Tells a bit of history at the beginning of each new region he enters kind of dry Religion, Tayler s and those of the people he meets in the Sahel region, is a common theme H...Angry wind was a good book.The author Jeffrey Tayler travelled across the Sahel from Chad to Dakar, Senegal.This lower expanse of the Sahara forms the old trade route and is mainly muslim countries It is also a very poor section of Africa with increasing drought and population increases that are putting evenpressure on an already afflicted land.This book was published in 2005 duing the Bush presidency when America was invading Iraq The author talked with men along the route who looked a Angry wind was a good book.The author Jeffrey Tayler travelled across the Sahel from Chad to Dak...Tayler is a travel author and reporter He made his way acroos the northern Sahara, which is predominantly Muslim, in 2002 by himself and the book tells of his experiences His writing isn t really my style but what I learned was worth learning The poverty and difficult lives of the people who live there, the negative impact our actions after 9 11 had on attitudes toward our country, small insights into the extent to which the farm subsidies western countries provide their own people impacts on Tayler is a travel author and reporter He made his way acroos the northern Sahara, which is predominantly Muslim, in 2002 by himself and the book tells of his experiences His writing isn t really my style but what I learned was worth learning The poverty and difficult lives o...As someone who s never travelled to Africa it was very interesting to read a first hand account of travels through such an oft overlooked sliver of it I was aware of the division between ethnic tribal groups and Christians and Muslims, but didn t realize some groups still refered to others as you re my slave when they met on the street The lack of roads and delays caused by trasportation rail, overloaded desert worthy trucks, etc surprised me I can t imagine living with such everyday inco As someone who s never travelled to Africa it was very interesting to read a first hand account of travels through such an oft overlooked sliver of it I was aware o...Details the authors journey through western Africa in 2002 just after 9 11 and just before the US invaded Iraq This is predominately Muslim area, and the author details peoples attitudes towards the US government and Americans He also details the regions colonial history and the varying ethnicities and relationships between them A fascinating first had account of travel through a region that most people will never ...

• English
• 27 May 2017
Jeffrey Tayler
• Hardcover
• 252 pages
• 061833467X
• Jeffrey Tayler
• Angry Wind