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Softcover.
Struik, 2011.
246 pages.
Bottom right cover corner bumped, but internally clean, tightly bound and in very good condition overall.
Driven by his passion for exploration and a sincere love of Africa, intrepid modern-day adventurer Kingsley Holgate and his family set off on an epic 64 327-kilometre journey around the circumference of the continent. Their 33-country expedition takes them over jagged mountains, through dense jungles, across raging rivers and along rutted roads into hostile terrain. En route they face not only the caprice of nature, belligerent warlords and the tedium of border-crossing routines, but they also encounter the real face of Africa: humble gratitude, modest generosity and the affable goodwill that embraces travellers here, whatever their colour or creed. But more than a thirst for adventure guides the course of this party – theirs is a grassroots struggle against a disease that claims countless lives each year. Under the banner of One Net One Life, Kingsley and his helpers distribute nearly a quarter million mosquito nets to pregnant women and mothers with small children. They also dispense spectacles to the poor-sighted and promote literacy by donating mobile libraries, colouring-in books and pens to jubilant youngsters in rural communities.
KINGSLEY HOLGATE's name is synonymous with adventure, not only in Africa, but thanks to his National Geographic documentaries, also worldwide. Inspired by the African explorers of old - the likes of Livingstone and Speke - Kingsley and his family have undertaken a number of epic trips across the African continent in the past decade. While travelling, the self-described 'romantic adventurer' and his team make their own documentaries, recording the traditional cultures and the variety of fauna and flora en route. Despite his love of travel and adventure, Kingsley's roots are planted firmly in Zululand. He lives with his wife Gill at Zinkwasi Beach, on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast.
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