Africa, Africa!: Fifteen Stories

By Frederic Hunter

Book Overview

A collection of stories that depict Westerners encountering Africa -- its people, its mysteries, its beauty and bafflements. Often those encounters change the Westerners, leading some to wisdom,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1885942184
• ISBN13: 9781885942180
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Cune Press
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Portrays Africa during its formative years

These are set in eight different African countries and grew out of the author's experiences as a State Department officer on the Congo during the 1960s. While they are more literary in content, they also portray Africa during its formative years just after its colonial regimes had dissolved, providing important keys to African history and culture.

Quick trip, take me back soon.

Each story I read in this entertaining collection takes me a little closer to Africa. I willingly surrender to the heat, the exhilaration, the frustration, the wonder, and the beauty of a continent. The images stay with me long after I've put the book down, and I find myself thinking about Africa in my daydreams instead of golf. I also feel like I've made a dozen new friends. I have to remind myself that they are just characters. The stories are good. They are honest, and Hunter shares insights that make me feel richer for having read them. I'd like to read more.