North of South: An African Journey - Softcover

Naipaul, Shiva

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140048944 ISBN 13: 9780140048940

Publisher: Penguin, 1980

Synopsis

In the 1970s Shiva Naipaul travelled to Africa, visiting Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia for several months. Through his experiences, the places he visited and his various encounters, he aimed to discover what 'liberation', 'revolution' and 'socialism' meant to the ordinary people. His journey of discovery is brilliantly documented in this intimate, comic and controversial portrayal of a continent on the brink of change.

About this title

About the Author:

Shiva Naipaul was born in 1945 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. He was educated at Queen's Royal College and St Mary's College in Trinidad and at University College, Oxford. He married in 1967 and had one son. His books include Fireflies (1970), which won the Jock Campbell New Statesman Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize and the Winifred Holtby Prize; North of South (1978), the story of his remarkable journey through Africa; Black and White (1980); A Hot Country (1983); and Beyond the Dragon's Mouth: Stories and Pieces (1984).

Synopsis:

An account of a journey through Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia captures the romance and desolation of East Africa and reveals the region's people, tensions, dreams, prejudices, and problems.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0140048944
• ISBN 13: 9780140048940
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352