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Chasing the Devil: The Search for Africa's Fighting Spirit by Tim Butcher 1st ED
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Modified Item
- Yes
- Topic
- Travel Writing
- Regional Cuisine
- African
- Region
- Africa
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Modification Description
- Signed by the author
- Language
- English
- Signed
- Yes
- Age Level
- Adults
- Cookery Topic
- Spirits
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9780701183608
- Format
- Hardcover
- Book Title
- Chasing the Devil: the Search for Africa's Fighting Spirit
- Item Height
- 242mm
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Item Width
- 163mm
- Item Weight
- 579g
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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For decades Sierra Leone and Liberia have been too dangerous for the outsider to travel through, bedevilled by a uniquely brutal form of violence from which have sprung many of Africa's cruellest contemporary icons - child soldiers, prisoner mutilation, blood diamonds. hasing the Devil tells the story of Tim Butcher's audacious expedition from Freetown at the mouth of the Sierra Leone river overland through forest-covered mountains and malarial plains to the coast of Liberia. His journey follows the route trekked by Graham Greene in 1935 and immortalised in his travel classic Journey Without Maps. As a journalist in Africa between 2000 and 2005 Tim came to know both countries well although reporting was restricted mostly to the capital cities. Now he ventures deep into areas not visited by outsiders for years, just as the terrible deadweight of conflict is being lifted. Both nations are on a developmental cusp and Tim explores whether national and international attempts to chase away the devil of war can succeed. And there are other 'devils' that he is in search of... Rural communities in both countries have a tradition of sorcery and spiritualism based around the idea of a com
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Vintage Publishing
ISBN-13
9780701183608
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Book Title
Chasing the Devil: the Search for Africa's Fighting Spirit
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Travel Writing
Publication Year
2010
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
242mm
Item Width
163mm
Item Weight
579g
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United Kingdom
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