I'm trying to get a little reading done before I go; partly because I think I would have enjoyed Peru more if I had know something about the country before I went and partly because it is a damn good distraction from my dissertation! Here is a little list of the stuff I am going to get read:
Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart by Tim Butcher - Read - excited but upsetting, granddads remember when cars were on the road and the kids have never seen them.
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver - Read - fiction but beautiful. It changed the whole way I thought about the challenges facing Africa and the Africans.
Things Fall Apart (Penguin Red Classics) by Chinua Achebe - Read - Stunning, experienced a bit of post colonel guilt to be honest. It's a very difficult issue because in some way there is almost no point in regretting it, its done, but it was awful to read of the traditonal African beliefs from the point of view of them being ripped to shreds.
The State of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence by Martin Meredith - Still to read.
Africa: A Biography of the Continent by John Reader - Still to read.
The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life by Ryszard Kapuscinski and Klara Glowczewska - Still to read.
The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life by Ryszard Kapuscinski and Klara Glowczewska - Still to read.
Uganda: Tarnished Pearl of Africa (Nations of the modern world: Africa) by Thomas P. Ofcansky - Still to read
Swahili for the Broken-hearted by Peter Moore
Swahili for the Broken-hearted by Peter Moore
