The Nomad's Path
Travels in the Sahel
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2013
Barbara Ward & Associates (Verlag)
978-1-78076-689-8 (ISBN)
Barbara Ward & Associates (Verlag)
978-1-78076-689-8 (ISBN)
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A riveting journey and deeply knowledgeable portrait of the Sahel - must-have for the travel readership
The Manga is one of Africa's most wild and remote regions: a hostile and unforgiving landscape inhabited by nomads. Situated in south-eastern Niger, in the shadow of the Old Salt Road, it has been mislaid by the modern world; no westerner had been seen there in living memory. The Nomad's Path is a beautifully-rendered account of a journey across this inhospitable region at a time of Tuareg insurgency in 2004 and 2008 . Carr sets out to explore the centuries-old link between the Barbary Coast and the Sahel along the Old Salt Road, while conjuring to life a lost wilderness and those who survive within it. At its heart is the story of a daring journey across the Sahel with the Tubu nomads. With tales of rebellion, lost civilisations, explorers - both intrepid and eccentric - and an epic seventeenth-century odyssey, Carr captures a sense of the intangible nature of the Sahel and delivers an evocative portrait of the Tubu - a people living on the tide-line of the Sahara and the edge of the world.
The Manga is one of Africa's most wild and remote regions: a hostile and unforgiving landscape inhabited by nomads. Situated in south-eastern Niger, in the shadow of the Old Salt Road, it has been mislaid by the modern world; no westerner had been seen there in living memory. The Nomad's Path is a beautifully-rendered account of a journey across this inhospitable region at a time of Tuareg insurgency in 2004 and 2008 . Carr sets out to explore the centuries-old link between the Barbary Coast and the Sahel along the Old Salt Road, while conjuring to life a lost wilderness and those who survive within it. At its heart is the story of a daring journey across the Sahel with the Tubu nomads. With tales of rebellion, lost civilisations, explorers - both intrepid and eccentric - and an epic seventeenth-century odyssey, Carr captures a sense of the intangible nature of the Sahel and delivers an evocative portrait of the Tubu - a people living on the tide-line of the Sahara and the edge of the world.
Alistair Carr, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, has broadcast for the BBC and is author of The Singing Bowl - Journeys through Inner Asia.
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Nomad's Path
Epilogue
Glossary
The Call to Prayer
Ritual Prayer
Maps
| Zusatzinfo | 28 colour in 16pp plates, 5 maps, 1 figure |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 135 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 411 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Afrika |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78076-689-0 / 1780766890 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78076-689-8 / 9781780766898 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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