Across African Sand : Journeys of a Witch-Doctor's Son-in-Law

by Deutschle, Phil

• ISBN13: 9780931625374
• ISBN10: 0931625378
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Civetta Pr

Summary

An account of a 3000-mile lone bicycle trip across the Kalahari & Namib deserts of southern Africa. Includes flashbacks of the author's three years of teaching in Botswana. Numerous insightful comments about the cultures he observed on his incredible trek.

Table of Contents

Preface	6	(7)
PART I: ASPHALT & THE VILLAGES	13	(56)
Beginnings & Fears
Mapoka Village	15	(10)
Francistown	25	(9)
Tonota and South	34	(14)
Gaborone	48	(9)
Moshupa To Jwaneng	57	(12)
PART II: SAND & THE SOUTH KALAHARI	69	(78)
Struggle & Discovery
The Kalahari	71	(12)
Kang	83	(12)
Far Kalahari	95	(14)
Ghanzi	109	(11)
Further Kalahari	120	(7)
Xanagas	127	(7)
Charles Hill	134	(13)
PART III: GRAVEL & THE NAMIB	147	(110)
Circles & Surprises
Into Namibia	149	(8)
Windhoek	157	(10)
The Namib	167	(11)
Swakopmund	178	(10)
Up the Coast	188	(10)
The Namib Again	198	(8)
Omaroru to Otivarango	206	(14)
Up to Tsumeb	220	(12)
Etosha	232	(12)
North and East	244	(13)
PART IV: SAND & THE NORTH KALAHARI	257	(54)
Acceptance & Homecoming
Tsodilo Hills	259	(12)
Shakawe	271	(7)
To the end of the World	278	(10)
Maun	288	(7)
Furthest Kalahari	295	(9)
Home to Mapoka	304	(7)
Afterword	311	(2)
Notes	313	(10)
Glossary	323	(5)
Hakata Divining Bones	328	(1)
Index	329