The Masque of Africa by V.S. Naipaul, ISBN 9780330472050

> Biography Books > Travel Literature Books Author: V.S. Naipaul From V. S. Naipaul: For my travel books I travel on a theme. And the theme of 'The Masque of Africa' is African belief. I begin in Uganda, at the centre of the continent, do Ghana and Nigeria, the Ivory Coast and Gabon, and end at the bottom of the continent, in South Africa. My theme is belief, not political or economical life; and yet at the bottom of the continent the political realities are so overwhelming that they have to be taken into account. Perhaps an unspoken aspect of my inquiry was the possibility of the subversion of old Africa by the ways of the outside world. The theme held until I got to the South, when the clash of the two ways of thinking and believing became far too one-sided. The skyscrapers of Johannesburg didn't rest on sand. The older world of magic felt fragile, but at the same time had an enduring quality. RRP: $59.99 Availability: Available at our supplier, usually ships in 10 to 14 days. ISBN 13: 9780330472050 Binding: Hardcover Released: 01/11/2010

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