The Africa Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the ContinentAfrica: a continent of exhilirating adventure, fascinating cultures and extraordinary wildlife and landscapes, where just one experience will never quite articulate the magic of the place. Herds of wild animals crossing acacia-dotted plains, remote cultures that time seems to have forgotten, the monumental vestiges of crumbled empires, as well ast he dire realities of war, disease and famine - Africa is all this and much more. From Cape Town's gleaming shopping arcades to the remote tribal settlements on Lake Turkana's shores, 'The Africa Book' draws together a definitive collection of the sights, sounds and tastes of this spellbinding continent.Here's how to start - open at any page and begin your own journey. Float down the Nile in a felucca, visit the mountain gorillas of Rwanda, catch mbalax fever on Dakar's glittering dance floors, relax under the palms on Zanzibar's powdery white beaches. Let Lonely Planet's photographers, authors and travelers lead you through five regions, 54 countries and inspire you to embark on the journey of your life. |
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AFRICA BOOK ALGERIA Angola Arab AREA OFFICIAL LANGUAGE beaches Benin Botswana BURKINA FASO Cameroon Cape CAPITAL CITY POPULATION cent century Chad CITY POPULATION AREA coast colonial colourful Comoros continent Côte Côte d'Ivoire country's CUISINE culture DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC desert Djibouti dunes elephants Eritrea ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCES Ethiopia ethnic EXPORT fish forest French Gabon gorillas groups GUINEA hippos Islam islands Kenya kilometres Lake Libya live LONELY PLANET LONELY PLANET IMAGES Madagascar Malawi Mali MAP REF MARKETPLACE MAURITANIA metres Morocco Mountains Mozambique Muslim Namib Namibia National Park NATURAL BEAUTY Niger Nigeria Nile NUTSHELL OFFICIAL LANGUAGE LANDSCAPE PANOS POPULATION AREA OFFICIAL rainforest RANDOM FACTS region REPUBLIC OF CONGO River Rwanda safari Sahara sand savanna Senegal Seychelles slaves South Africa southern species Sudan Swaziland Tanzania TEXT Tomé TOP FESTIVAL tourism town TRADEMARKS traditional tribes Tuareg Tunisia Uganda URBAN SCENE village VISIT West Africa WILD THINGS wildlife ZAMBIA Zimbabwe