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9780345356666

African Lives White Lies, Tropical Truth, Darkest Gossip, and Rumblings of Rumor from Chinese Gordon to Beryl Markham, and Beyond

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    9780345356666

  • ISBN10:

    0345356667

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1989-08-26
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Summary

In a series of ebullient and evocative portraits, journalist and Africaenthusiast Denis Boyles chronicles the lives and times of the white men and women who have journeyed to Africa in the last one hundred years, seeking things they couldn't find at home.

Author Biography

Denis Boyles is the author of more than a dozen books of poetry, travel, humor, essays, and criticism. He is a veteran magazine editor, and currently a coeditor of The Fortnightly Review. Boyles teaches journalism and political science at the Institut Catholique d’Études Supérieures in La Roche-sur-Yon, France.
www.denisboyles.com

Table of Contents

Author's Notep. ix
The Invention of Nakurup. 1
Salvation Armiesp. 35
Food Fightp. 101
High and Mighty, Fast and Loosep. 141
Villainyp. 177
End Notesp. 213
Indexp. 215
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