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Originally posted by shootaway:
I would not call Hemingway a boring read.I think his book on Africa was boring but the war stuff like "For Whom The Bell Tolls" was excellent.IMO,some of the books posted above are really boring.

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Originally posted by Brice:
Nearly all of the preceding suggestions are excellent, and I have most in my library. However, I have enjoyed Africa more after learning more of the political history, geology, economics, etc. An excellent book that includes all is Africa: A Biography of the Continent. Can't recall the author, but he is a journalist. The book is paperbound, in print and easily available for a few dollars/pounds. Use it as a reference, or just pick it up and read a bit now and again.

Also: In Brightest Africa, by Carl E. Akeley. He was a taxidermist, did the elephants in the entry of the New York Museum of Natural History, and many of the dioramas there. He accompanied Roosevelt on his famous safari. Akeley didn't like to hunt, but did so as a necessity. The story of how his wife saved his life on one of their safaris is worth the price of the book. Out of print, but likely available at an affordable price on the used market. Try Abe Books.

When A Crocodile Eats the Sun, by Godwin. Great view of modern Zimbabwe. Godwin is a competent journalist.

Short stories by Doris Lessing. Can't recall the title of the collection. Mostly stories of colonial days in Kenya. She passed away just recently. Social and political history in an entertaining form.

"He that hath drunk of Africa's fountains will drink again." Old Arab Proverb, quoted by Akeley. Probably not true. I've only been ten times.
Brice

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Originally posted by shootaway:
I would not call Hemingway a boring read.I think his book on Africa was boring but the war stuff like "For Whom The Bell Tolls" was excellent.IMO,some of the books posted above are really boring.

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Safari by Bartle Bull