- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Sandstone Press Ltd (15 Mar 2012)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1905207913
- ISBN-13: 978-1905207916
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 240,435 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is an extremely absorbing and well-written book. McIvor imbues each page with his humble curiosity about a continent which has since become his home. (of A Bend in the Nile) --Janet van Eeden, Litnet
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"We pushed on well beyond the hour mark, neither of us wanting to remind the other of our agreement to return to the vehicle if we found nothing within that time. Surely beyond the next bend we would stumble across something. Instead we stumbled across several large mounds of what looked like undigested grass and leaves smoldering in the middle of the track. This prompted Dave to announce that it was time to retrace our steps. 'What are these?' I asked, wondering about his abrupt reaction. 'These are elephant droppings,' he said, 'and judging by their appearance and smell I'd say their owners are not too far away.'" In the second volume of his African memoirs Chris McIvor recalls his first stint in Zimbabwe, the many great characters he met, the poverty, the enormous job of repair required to European - African relations and, through it all, the hope.
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In the Old Chief's Country is the follow up to Chris McIvor's first volume of African memoirs, A Bend in the Nile. After his early 80s adventures as a teacher in Sudan, the author became involved full time in the development work which is obviously so close to his heart. In the mid 80s he worked in Zimbabwe, returning in the early 90s. Ever mindful that the developing country must be assisted to develop in its own way, never to be patronised or taken for granted, Chris McIvor's eye gazes steadily at the nation's colonial history for all the explanation necessary of what came later with independence. As with the earlier book on Sudan, Chris McIvor's writing evokes the landscape, the climate, the animals, like no other author, but it is his character portraits which remain in the mind and which are the strongest aspect of the tales he has to tell. Exploitation stands at the heart of this book, beside the dignity of a people who will, eventually, come through. Anger expressed through a strong poetic gift is their medium. A Bend in the Nile: My Life in Nubia and Other Places (Non-Fiction) Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart Freedom Next Time Site Works
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A follow-up to his `A Bend in the Nile' this is a sensitively written account of his time as a very thoughtful aid worker in Zimbabwe during the early years of independence. Chris finds himself in a range of testing situations and emerges unscathed through his willingness to interact with local folk. His travels also take him to Namibia, Malawi and Lesotho in each of which he describes some highly amusing and revealing experiences. In spite of occasional grammatical and factual errors - principally relating to his native culture - this is a thoroughly good read which will be of interest to those who know the sub-continent well and those who know it not at all.
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