Supper with the President (Paperback, New)

West Africa in the 1970s was a volatile melange of old and new; of aspiration, corruption, power and influence. In its midst, Ian Mathie laboured in his role as a water engineer to help improve the lives of ordinary people. His work brought him in contact with presidents, kings, emperors, chiefs and a succession of extraordinary characters. Circumstances contrived to place him at dinners with four heads of state whose rule had immense impact, positive and negative, on their countries and on West and Central Africa: Mobutu of Zaire, Traore of Mali, Senghor of Senegal and Eyadema of Togo. In 'Supper with the President', he recalls the events and the insights they gave him, interweaving those experiences with true stories of other extraordinary brushes with sorcery, slavery, wildlife conservation, desert travel and a jail-break that could only happen in Africa.

General

Imprint:	Mosaique Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	African Memoir Series
Release date:	October 2011
First published:	October 2011
Authors:	Ian Mathie
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	252
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-906852-10-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > Classic travel writing Books > Biography > General Books > Travel > Travel writing > Classic travel writing
LSN:	1-906852-10-3
Barcode:	9781906852108

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