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Dark Star Safari
by Paul Theroux
Cairo to Cape Town overland, revisiting the Africa where Theroux taught in the 1960s, with hard words for aid agencies. Angry and alive.
Read it if…
you want Africa by land with a critical eye.
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Skip it if…
you want an aid-friendly view.
Try instead: In Patagonia →
Three things you will actually use
- Return teaches.
- Aid has side effects.
- Go overland.
Do this first
Read the Malawi chapters.
Our verdict
Theroux's Africa.
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