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Few people have heard of tiny, impoverished Equatorial Guinea. Robert Klitgaard spent 2 l/2 years there in charge of a multimillion dollar rehabilitations program. In this gripping account he leads...

Northeastern Central African Republic - a vast space bordering Chad, Darfur, and South Sudan - is a quintessential 'stateless' space, where the government has little presence and armed actors operate...

In January 1992, Dervla Murphy prescribed herself several carefree months and embarked on a cycle tour (pedalling and pushing) from Kenya to Zimbabwe via Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia on...

In Pointe-Noire, in the small neighbourhood of Voungou, on the family plot where young Michel lives with Maman Pauline and Papa Roger, life goes on. But Michel's everyday cares -...

The British Secret Service turn their attentions to a linguistic prodigy in the Congo in this espionage thriller, new to Penguin Modern Classics At a top-secret meeting between Western financiers...

From the acclaimed author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia, comes a new journey tracing a colonial-era African expedition. In 1879, King Leopold II of Belgium launched an ambitious plan...

VINTAGE VOYAGES- A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind A compulsively readable account of an African country now virtually inaccessible to the outside...

Author Craig Hayman had the rare opportunity of living and working in some of Africa s most spectacular wilderness areas for several years. During his time as a wildlife photographic...

The gruesome history of the Congo-Ocean Railway, a forgotten chapter in the story of colonial Africa. In September 1927, a 30-year-old man was taken from his village in the French...