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Physical description: 274 p. : map ; 23 cm. Summary: This is the account of a journey through realms of Africa so remote, so geographically and culturally isolated that their frontiers have rarely been breached. The Sahel region of the lower Sahara - whipped by ferocious winds, shrouded in secrets and home to a vast Muslim population - is the southernmost outpost of Islam's dominance in Africa. Comprising the southern Saharan regions of Chad, northern Nigeria, Niger, Mali and Senegal, they once witnessed the emergence of Africa's wealthiest and most exotic kingdoms and empires. To this day they produce some of the continent's leading writers, musicians and artists. But now, perilous and poverty-stricken, they rarely see travellers. Yet Jeffrey Tayler uncovers this lost area of continent, revealing it as beset by ethnic rebellion and sectarian violence, rife with Islamic fundamentalism, yet home to people of extraordinary hospitality and fortitude. Subject: Tayler, Jeffrey - Sahel - Description and travel. Travel writing. West Africa. TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues. Genre: Illustrated, text.
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fast-moving, atmospheric and very readable (DAILY TELEGRAPH)
The book throws light on one of the most obscure regions of Africa, and I found it most entertaining and enlightening. I recommend it highly to the armchair traveller. (IRISH EXAMINER)
An atmospheric and timely story that highlights the growing desperation and anger in these marginalised desert societies. (GLOBAL)
A searingly intelligent portrait of a region the world seems determined to overlook. (TRAVEL AFRICA)
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Jeffrey Taylor travels 2,500 miles across the Sahel by truck, taxi, bus and boat to present a personal account of one of Africa's least-known regions - that of Muslim Africa.
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- PublisherLittle, Brown
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0316726079
- ISBN 13 9780316726078
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages288
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