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Dans ces quatre contes, qui ont pour cadre l'Afrique équatoriale, l'auteur choisit de mettre en scène des animaux. En fin observateur, il décrit avec précision leur nature et leurs comportements, à la manière d'un La Fontaine, pour en tirer des leçons morales pour la gent humaine. L'homme y est présent sous deux formes et deux appellations : ses collègues administrateurs « blancs de peau » et leurs administrés, " noirs de peau ".

This book chronicles the second, third and fourth years of these adventures, including the day-to-day life of a teacher at The American School of Kinshasa from 2007-2009 who deals with a marginal infrastructure while facing the everyday challenges of living in a war-torn third-world country, and has some great adventures in South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda and Zanzibar.

Kate Nicholls left England to raise her five children in Botswana: an experience that would change each of their lives. Living on a shoestring in a lion conservation camp, Kate home-schools her family while they also learn at firsthand about the individual lives of wild lions. Their deep attachment to these magnificent animals is palpable. The setting is exotic, but it is also precarious. 

Colorful Morocco in 12 Days: Discover a Tapestry of Tradition and Adventure is your guide to an unforgettable journey through Morocco’s vibrant culture and stunning landscapes. From Casablanca’s modern charm to Fes’s ancient alleys, Marrakech’s bustling souks, and the vast Sahara sands, this book takes you far beyond the usual tourist paths. Packed with insider tips, detailed itineraries, and hidden gems, this book is perfect for adventurers and culture lovers alike. Get inspired, grab your own copy, and start planning your Moroccan odyssey today!

A chance conversation at a friend's wedding takes a very English restaurant manager from Oxford to the remotest deserts of Namibia's Skeleton Coast and the tropical swamplands of Botswana's Okavango Delta. Learning to cope with the heat and the tribal customs of the Himba and the San (Bushmen), adapting to work in an environment where confrontations with lions, elephants and leopards are the norm, often pale in comparison when considering the complexities of tackling the most curious beast of all - the safari super-rich. Boathouse to Botswana takes us on a fascinating and funny journey, ...

Embark on an immersive odyssey through the breathtaking landscapes, diverse cultures, and rich heritage that encapsulate the essence of Kenya. This meticulously curated Kenya Travel Guide invites you to discover the unparalleled beauty of this East African jewel. Navigate the iconic Maasai Mara, where the rhythmic dance of the Great Migration unfolds against a backdrop of boundless wilderness. Traverse the bustling streets of Nairobi, a dynamic urban hub blending modernity with traditional charm, and explore the historic coastal allure of Mombasa.

Through stories remembered and imagined, A Stranger's Pose draws the listener into a world of encounters in more than a dozen African towns. Iduma blends memoir, travelogue, and storytelling in these fragments of a traveler’s journey across several African cities. 

South Africa can fulfill a spiritual traveler well beyond one's wildest dreams. Durban, Pretoria, and Johannesburg offer plenty of deep and profound experiences. In this volume, Andrew Bushard shares both the mundane and extraordinary joys of South Africa.

Bluewater Walkabout: Into Africa is a memoir about an adventure in the wild bush of Africa and a family sailing journey. But when her sons bring along two friends who upset the family balance, rogue waves and great white sharks threaten the family's safety. Tina begins to deal with a mysterious health problem, and the perils of life at sea become very real.

Lights, Camera Jemuru - Adventures of a Film-Maker in Ethiopia is the remarkable true-life story of a high-flying adman who swapped his expense account lifestyle in London to go and teach in a back-street community film school, Gem TV, in Addis Ababa. Bob Maddams spent years living and working in Ethiopia and filming took him and the Gem TV filmmakers all over the country; from shanty towns and famine feeding stations to the rock hewn churches of Lalibela and the source of the Blue Nile.

Noo Saro-Wiwa was brought up in England, but every summer she was dragged back to Nigeria - a country she viewed as an annoying parallel universe where she had to relinquish all her creature comforts and sense of individuality. Then her father, activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, was murdered there, and she didn't return for 10 years. Recently, she decided to rediscover and come to terms with the country her father loved.

In East Africa on the eve of independence three cultures - African, Asian and European - vie for control of the emerging countries. A group of young American teachers arrive, full of idealism and a sense of adventure. In this exotic atmosphere they find career satisfaction, lifelong friendships, romance, and heartache. They change Africa, but Africa changes them more.

Christopher's travelogue of travels across Africa and the Middle East walk the reader through a first-person view of highlights from the countries he visited. Motivated by interests in music, anthropology, archeology and people, he wends his path through Morocco, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Egypt, Jordan and Israel. Journey with him through the images he captures as his compass twirls on another Leaping Around the World adventure.

I type "International Teaching Jobs" on the Google search line and find several sites, but I decide on one particularly useful site for which I pay a slight fee, and I find myself looking at a long list of teaching jobs all over the world. "Anything in Latin America," my wife asks, coming in to the room. "No, but here's one in the Congo." "Africa!?" "Yea, really. They want a calculus teacher! I can do that!" "Okay," Chantal says tentatively. "If you want." I hit the submit button and my resume is off across the world.

In this powerful personal narrative, Gregory Dybec recounts his short yet eventful trip to South Africa during the 2010 FIFA World Cup where he encountered a series of unforgettable situations, from a memorable collection of new friends, to life-threatening car rides, to an image of violence impossible to shake. This gripping nonfiction narrative examines a country, its people, and the complexities of life under the festive backdrop of one of the world's largest sporting events.

An ode to female resilience, a story of pain and hope, friendship and rebirth, that leaves a deep mark on the hearts of those who read it, delicately and powerfully telling the incredible strength of women. "I Am All of Them" is an engaging novel that tells the story of Rachel, a young woman who embodies fragility and strength. Raised among the breathtaking landscapes of Kenya, Rachel moves to Italy to study, where she meets Alessandro. What seems like perfect love quickly turns into a nightmare: the man turns out to be very different from the person he wants to appear. Trapped in a toxic ...

Fossil is the fourth fast-paced African mystery in the Jazz Jasper series. This time we journey to Tanzania, to the world famous Olduvai Gorge, where the Leakey’s discovered the missing link between apes and men. An all-star team of international scientists has uncovered a hominid skull which will shed light on the big question of human nature: was it killing or cooperation that was the driving force behind human evolution? Explosive rivalries--personal, professional and racial-- are tearing the archeological team apart. Human predatory behavior intrudes into the natural order. One of the...

From New York Times and International Bestselling Author Geoffrey Jenkins. DIAMONDS ARE A CRIMINAL’S BEST FRIEND. Experts agree that the Cullinan Diamond, the largest in the world and discovered near Pretoria, South Africa in 1905, was only a portion of a much bigger gem. A widespread belief prevails that the second, greater portion of the famous diamond must exist... Standing fortress-like, in one of the remotest parts of Africa, at the confluence of the Shashi and Limpopo rivers is the site known simply as The Hill. Where during the 1930s unrivaled discoveries of ancient treasure were ...

You need to listen to this audiobook if you want to understand the backdrop of history that created the fertile soil for today’s homegrown terrorist group-Boko Haram-to literally spring up overnight and within half a dozen years bring the most populous country in Africa to the greatest crisis in its history. The story is told through the eyes of fortune seeking engineer Paul Jeffries-out to make millions on a state of the art telecommunications project in Nigeria-who must confront his own demons by agreeing to search for the American ambassador’s daughter, Maureen Cahill, who has fled the relative safety of the embassy in Lagos to the besieged and shrinking rebel enclave of Biafra to help refugees in the mid 1960’s civil war. The journey will take them both to the darkest and most dangerous mangrove infested corner of one of Africa’s bloodiest civil wars. The trek will test their commitment to aiding the country, their dreams for nation building, and their growing love for each other.

The second part of Magdalena's journal recording her life with the Berber community in Khenifra in the Middle Atlas mountains: their homes, social gatherings and her work with their children in the Association Hannan. Get a good wash in hammam, eat boucheyar, drink shiba, meet my friends Mahamed and Ali and go with us to Arougou, wakha?