![]() The balance are largely devoted to animals and traditional tribes, and it is here that be perhaps writes with the most passion. Another covers a trip down the Nile from Uganda, South Sudan and Sudan. His story of visiting gorillas in the Congo (Belgian Congo at the time) was a standout (and apparently his most popular when published). Yet, we don't get pained by Moorhead, he outlines situations and speculates lightly, but doesn't preach.Įssays follow a topic or a journey, sometimes repeat journeys to one area. The widespread ownership of high powered guns had not yet devastated the animal stocks. ![]() He describes it a period when man and the wild animals held an uneasy truce. Perhaps Moorhead's thoughts were somewhat ahead of his time, or perhaps he was just in a position to articulate the thoughts of others - as he speaks of the ivory trade, the wanton hunting of wild animals and the pressures on the environment. Most high level managers and other positions of authority were filled by Europeans. ![]() Published in 1959, but written from 1957 to 1959 it is described as a portrait of Africa in the 1950s - so many of the now independent countries of Africa were still European colonies. ![]() ![]() While not a continuous narrative - each chapter makes up an individual essay or article, previously serialised in New Yorker and Sunday Times - they all speak the same language. Alan Moorhead's book, reads as a nostalgic view of Africa. ![]()
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