
Having travelled across West Africa for over10 years, Peter Biddlecombe's often hilarious account is a highly readable, hugely entertaining introduction to French Africa. In countries such as Togo, Mali, and Burkina Faso, Biddlecome encounters old-fashioned camel butchers, modern...


More than 65per cent of the African continent is Francophone. This book describes in detail the experiences of the very English Peter Biddlecombe as he traipses round Senegal, Cameroon, the Congo and other countries in Africa, trying to make sense of the exotic and often dangerous...