Supper with the President
Mosaique Press (Verlag)
978-1-906852-10-8 (ISBN)
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West Africa in the 1970s was a volatile melange of old and new; of aspiration, corruption, power and influence. In its midst, Ian Mathie laboured in his role as a water engineer to help improve the lives of ordinary people. His work brought him in contact with presidents, kings, emperors, chiefs and a succession of extraordinary characters. Circumstances contrived to place him at dinners with four heads of state whose rule had immense impact, positive and negative, on their countries and on West and Central Africa: Mobutu of Zaire, Traore of Mali, Senghor of Senegal and Eyadema of Togo. In 'Supper with the President', he recalls the events and the insights they gave him, interweaving those experiences with true stories of other extraordinary brushes with sorcery, slavery, wildlife conservation, desert travel and a jail-break that could only happen in Africa.
Ian Mathie spent his childhood and early school years in Africa. After a short service commission in the RAF, he returned to the continent as a rural development officer working for the British government and a number of other agencies. His work in water resources and related projects during the 1970s brought him into close contact with the African people, their cultures and varied tribal customs, many of which are now all but lost. These experiences, recorded in his notebooks, were the inspiration for a series of African memoirs, of which Supper with the President is the third volume. Ian continued to visit Africa until health considerations curtailed his travelling. He now lives in south Warwickshire with his wife and dog.
Ch. 1 - Moussa's mud pile Ch. 2 - Mint tea and a one-eyed goat Ch. 3 - The poetic president Ch. 4 - The sorcerer's spells Ch. 5 - A lakeside liaison Ch. 6 - Godfrey's elephants Ch. 7 - An ordinary despot Ch. 8 - Jailbreak Ch. 9 - Caravan to Taoudeni Glossary Acknowledgements
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.10.2011 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | African Memoir Series |
| Zusatzinfo | 19 maps, photos |
| Verlagsort | Leamington Spa |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 352 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Afrika | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-906852-10-3 / 1906852103 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-906852-10-8 / 9781906852108 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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