Africa
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A House in Fez—Building a Life in the Ancient Heart of Morocco: Suzanna Clarke
Published by Ebury Press / Simon & Schuster, 2008, 295 pages How many times have you been to a place and dreamed about what it would be like to settle down there? Suzanna Clarke fell in love with Medina, the… Continue reading
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Travelling While Black—Essays from a Life on the Move: Nanjala Nyabola
Published by Hurst, 2020, 264 pages Some of us travel for pleasure or work, others have no choice but to leave their homes to try and find refuge elsewhere. In this book, Nanjala Nyabola—a political analyst from Kenya—writes about people… Continue reading
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Looking for Transwonderland—Travels in Nigeria: Noo Saro-Wiwa
As a child, Noo Saro-Wiwa used to go to Nigeria for her school holidays. Her father, the Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, had moved his family to the UK so the children could have the best education possible. But he also… Continue reading
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A Handful of Honey—Away to the Palm Groves of Morocco and Algeria: Annie Hawes
Published by Pan Publishing, 2008, 418 pages. The book starts unexpectedly with Annie Hawes, an adolescent, imprisoned in a high security prison in Salazar’s Portugal (she never found out why). She was eventually released and deported to the UK. On… Continue reading
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