A Papua New Guinea Sojourn - More Pleasures of Exile (Hardcover, illustrated edition)

In this absorbing book -- part documentary, part travelogue -- West Indian writer and adventurer Archie Markham evokes in rich detail what it was like to be a Media Co-ordinator in the highlands of New Guinea for two years in the 1980s. Life is never dull: an eclipse of the sun, visits from the Pope and the Prince of Wales (`Pikinini man bilong misis Kwin'), negotiations with aggrieved warriors in the wake of politicaml emergency, along with the smaller day-to-day crises of cultural collision and surprise. There is an abundance of `local colour': the singsing, the mumu (steaming of food in the ground); journeys into the interior which recall the exploits of early explorers. Then there's the question of `identity': a black expatriate representing England and a superstate called The World Bank. A writer. A VSO volunteer. A man denying to a crowd at Warbag High School on the Queen's Official Birthday that he is the Queen of England. Meditating on his role as cultural arbiter in `remote' Enga Province, Markham inevitably recalls in his title George Lamming's 1960 classic, The Pleasures of Exile: what does this global search for relevance tell us about the possibilities of `grounding' at home?

General

Imprint:	Carcanet Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 1998
Authors:	E.A. Markham
Dimensions:	220 x 135 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-85754-328-5
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > From 1900 > General Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > From 1900 > General Books > Travel > Travel writing > General
LSN:	1-85754-328-9
Barcode:	9781857543285

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