African Nights : True Stories from the Author of I Dreamed of Africa

by Gallmann, Kuki

• ISBN13: 9780060954833
• ISBN10: 0060954833
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-24
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Lyrical, beautifully written tales of life in AfricaAfrica evokes a deep sense of mystery. It is a place that retains what most of the world has lost: space, roots, traditions, awesome beauty, true wilderness, rare animals, and extraordinary people. In this wonderful and haunting collection of stories, Kuki Gallmann writes of her life in Africa, where every day brings challenge and adventure. "African Nights" is a treasury of memories, in which fascinating people and places are brought to life. The healing powers Africa can have on those who embrace the land as a place of mystery, superstition, danger, and beauty.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xv
Part I OFFERINGS
A Maasai Woman	3	(6)
Mwtua	9	(7)
Langat	16	(8)
A Bed Like a Vessel	24	(5)
Looking for Sandy	29	(11)
Aidan's Return	40	(4)
The Magic Cove	44	(11)
Part II BRIEF ENCOUNTERS
Full-Moon Island	55	(5)
The Bull Shark of Vuma	60	(8)
The Story of Nungu Nungu	68	(5)
Elephant Ballad	73	(8)
The Rhino That Ran Fast Enough	81	(4)
Night of the Lions	85	(20)
Part III CREATURES FOUND AND LOST
The Summer of the Cryfish	105	(11)
Remember the Seagulls	116	(9)
The Brigadier's Cheetah	125	(5)
The Tale of Two Bushbabies	130	(7)
Emanuele's Chameleons	137	(6)
Fifty Guineas' Pike	143	(11)
Upon the Wings of the Wind	154	(7)
Part IV A WORLD BEYOND
The Cobra Who Came from the Dark	161	(6)
The Pendulum	167	(6)
The Road to Rubu	173	(14)
The Ring and the Lake	187	(8)
A Dance of Spiders	195	(18)
The Rain-Stick	213	(10)
Part V A TASTE FOR ADVENTURE
Why an Elephant?	223	(7)
Birthday in Turkana	230	(6)
One Day, in Kiwayu	236	(11)
Return to Moyale	247	(7)
The Story of Osman	254	(5)
The Story of the Abagatha	259	(6)
The Story of Rehema	265	(4)
The Camel Trek	269	(39)
Postscript	308	(3)
Glossary	311