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Title: Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Condition: New
Subtitle: Travels in South Africa
Author: Gavin Bell
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0349112614
EAN: 9780349112619
ISBN: 9780349112619
Publisher: Abacus
Genre: Travel & Transport
Release Date: 01/02/2001
Description: Near the southern tip of Africa, there is a mountain that does a conjuring trick with the biggest tablecloth on earth. In a sacred forest near the Limpopo river, there is a bird that flies on wings of thunder, flashing lightning from its eyes and bearing rain in its beak. In between, there is a hauntingly beautiful land and millions of confused people. When Archbishop Desmond Tutu dubbed his native South Africa the 'Rainbow Nation', he conjured a vision of ethnic diversity and harmony in a country with eleven official languages, two national anthems, and a parliament that shuttled between two cities. As a foreign correspondent reporting on the last days of apartheid, Gavin Bell thought it was a brave image and wondered how long it would endure. A few years later, he returned to find out what had happened to Tutu's rainbow. In his travels he found a country at odds with itself, swinging between hope and despair, buoyed by a sense of freedom and haunted by a fear of violent crime. SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW is not only a fine travel book by an award-winning writer, it is a compelling portrait of a country in search of an identity. The leopard stories are good too.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 198mm
Item Length: 128mm
Item Width: 20mm
Item Weight: 223g
Release Year: 2001

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