by Dervla Murphy · Flamingo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780006548027
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«The Ukimwi Road» is Dervla Murphy's travelogue, published by Flamingo in paperback (276 pages, in English).
In January 1992, Dervla Murphy cycled some three thousand miles between Kenya and Zimbabwe, passing through Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. The book combines descriptions of landscapes and rural life with accounts of the problems she encountered: the devastation of AIDS —ukimwi in Swahili—, drought, economic collapse and distrust of Western aid.
The subtitle is «From Kenya to Zimbabwe». The edition includes an index and bibliography and belongs to classic travel literature.
For readers of travel classics and chronicles of sub-Saharan Africa, with an interest in the region's social problems.
Dervla Murphy was an Irish touring cyclist and author of adventure travel books, writing for more than 50 years.
