| Author: | Richard Laister | ISBN: | 9781906791483 |
| Publisher: | Arena Books | Publication: | January 11, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Arena Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Richard Laister |
| ISBN: | 9781906791483 |
| Publisher: | Arena Books |
| Publication: | January 11, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Arena Books |
| Language: | English |
The author's odyssey through West Africa leads him to question rational interpretations of reality, reminding us of Scipio Africanus who declared more than 2,000 years ago that, "out of Africa always something strange emerges.
This is a Voodoo quest. Ghana, Togo, Burkino Faso and Benin remain hardly touched by Western civilisation, or tourism and the cultural steamroller of globalisation. Arriving in Accra the author is welcomed by a retired colonel of the Ghanian army, who is the first of several West Africans he meets to lament the passing of colonial rule.
The author's odyssey through West Africa leads him to question rational interpretations of reality, reminding us of Scipio Africanus who declared more than 2,000 years ago that, "out of Africa always something strange emerges.
This is a Voodoo quest. Ghana, Togo, Burkino Faso and Benin remain hardly touched by Western civilisation, or tourism and the cultural steamroller of globalisation. Arriving in Accra the author is welcomed by a retired colonel of the Ghanian army, who is the first of several West Africans he meets to lament the passing of colonial rule.
