Into Africa

A Journey Through the Ancient Empires

Marq De Villiers, Sheila Hirtle (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

400 Seiten

1998 | New edition
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History (Verlag)
978-0-7538-0460-5 (ISBN)

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Using the ancient empires and trading patterns of prehistory as its primary framework, this book explains how Africa was, and is today. It does not ignore the calamities, collapse of civil authority, wars and famines, but it does record the triumphs, both small and large.

A brilliant picture of a rich, exotic, complex and fascinating continent in the style of Bruce Chatwin. Verbal snapshots, images, anecdotes, legends, tales, gossip, illustrations, photographs, art and maps lend insight and depth to this multi-layered portrait of a continent. Into Africa uses the ancient empires and trading patterns of prehistory as the primary framework, to explain how Africa was and is today. The book does not ignore the calamities, the collapse of civil authority, the wars, the famines, the human misery, the environmental degradation. But it does record the triumphs, small and large. More important, Into Africa goes beyond politics and tourism, into history and legend, art and culture, both popular and profound.

Marq de Villiers has worked as a foreign correspondent in London, Paris and Moscow. He is the author of six books on travel, exploration and history, including Into Africa: A Journey Through the Ancient Empires. He grew up in Africa and has travelled widely while researching this book, from the flood-plains of China to the deserts of Africa, from the icebergs off Newfoundland to the rainforests of Brazil. He now lives in Nova Scotia, on the eastern Canadian seaboard.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.10.1998
Reihe/Serie	Phoenix Giants S.
Zusatzinfo	16pp colour illustra
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	120 x 120 mm
Gewicht	636 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Reisen ► Bildbände ► Afrika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-7538-0460-3 / 0753804603
ISBN-13	978-0-7538-0460-5 / 9780753804605
Zustand	Neuware