Sihle Khumalo

Heart of Africa (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

150 years separate two explorers of Africa: the Englishman John Hanning Speke and South African Sihle Khumalo. Speke set out to "discover" the source of the Nile, and Khumalo to fi gure out what the hell Speke and men like him were after. Khumalo's 2008 journey to Central Africa was not without its challenges. First he had to outperform his famous earlier trip and book Dark Continent My Black Arse. Then he elected to travel, as before, by public transport only. Which in practice often meant more transit and less transport. Giving himself a mere four weeks, and propelled by a frank fascination with the Victorian explorers, Khumalo set out on a six-pronged quest aiming, inter alia, to ferry across Lake Tanganyika, stand on the equator in Uganda, bungee jump at the source of the Nile, or see if any mountain gorillas were forthcoming (none were). But it was his emotive visit to the Memorial Centre at Kigali, epicentre of the Rwandan genocide, that brought home elemental questions: What is at the heart of Africa? What makes me an African? Where lies my centre? Heart of Africa is the unputdownable account of a journey that seldom went as planned. Khumalo's unfailing eye for the good, the bad and the amusing in Africa, his refreshing candour and his sheer cheek, make this book every bit as delightful as its forerunner.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: NYU Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781415202609
• Artikelnr.: 37871301

Autorenporträt

Sihle Khumalo decided to travel from Cape Town to Cairo using public transport. The bestselling Dark Continent My Black Arse was the book he wrote about his journey. Since then there have been more travels and three more books, including Heart of Africa, Rainbow Nation My Zulu Arse and Almost Sleeping My Way to Timbuktu, winner of a South African Literary Award. Born in Nquthu in rural KwaZulu-Natal, Khumalo was educated at the Durban University of Technology and the Wits and Stellenbosch University business schools. He currently lives in Johannesburg with his wife and two children.