| Squirting Milk at Chameleons: An Accidental African Contributor(s): Fenton Simon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1903070910 ISBN-13: 9781903070918 Publisher: Eye Books OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Africa - West - Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers - Travel | Africa - General |
| Dewey: 916 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" (0.60 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - West Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The tale of an Englishman making a life for himself in Senegal Khady pulled out a breast and with a deadly aim fired milk at the chameleon. "If I don't offer it milk, our son will grow up to look like a lizard," she explained. Clearly I had a lot to learn about life in Africa. On the cusp of middle age, Simon Fenton leaves Britain in search of adventure and finds Senegal, love, fatherhood, witch doctors--and a piece of land that could make a perfect guest house, if only he knew how to build one. The Casamance is an undiscovered paradise here mystic Africa governs life, people walk to the beat of the djembe, when it rains it pours, and the mangoes are free. But the fact that his name translates to "vampire" and he has had a curse placed on him via the medium of eggs could mean Simon's new life may not be so easy. |