North of South, 9780140188264
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Africa’s turbulent 70s: liberation, revolution, and socialism seen firsthand.

North of South

An African Journey

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    25 September 1996

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Summary

In the 1970s, Shiva Naipaul travelled to Africa, visiting Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia for several months. Through his experiences, the places he visited, and his various encounters, he aimed to discover what ‘liberation’, ‘revolution’, and ‘socialism’ meant to the ordinary people. His journey of discovery is brilliantly documented in this intimate, comic, and controversial portrayal of a continent on the brink of change.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140188264
ISBN-10:0140188266
Author:Shiva Naipaul
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Edition:1st
Release Date:25 September 1996
Weight:258g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 20mm
Series:Penguin Modern Classics
About The Author

Shiva Naipaul

Shiva Naipaul was born in 1945 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. He was educated at Queen’s Royal College and St Mary’s College in Trinidad and at University College, Oxford. He married in 1967 and had one son. His books include Fireflies (1970), which won the Jock Campbell New Statesman Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize and the Winifred Holtby Prize; North of South (1978), the story of his remarkable journey through Africa; Black and White (1980); A Hot Country (1983); and Beyond the Dragon’s Mouth: Stories and Pieces (1984).

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