Last year, while trying to pick the sixth book for my African Reading Challenge, I explained how I wanted a book that wasn't self-consciously a book about Africa. I wanted a story, a biography, a self-help guide, whatever, that just......more
Rob Crilly - African Safari
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Africa Reading Challenge - 3. A Bend in the River by VS Naipaul
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Rob Crilly in Jerusalem
Rob Crilly is a freelance journalist based in Jerusalem writing for The Sunday Telegraph and The Daily Mail. He spent...