In the Wake of Traders and Colonists Circumnavigating Africa: Part 1: Madeira to South Africa

In two volumes. documenting a voyage across the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, up the Sea of Aqaba and through the Red Sea, and then over two months of stopping at ports while circumnavigating 16 African countries, the author uses poems, photographs, staggered reflections, and collected quotes to reflect on the history and dally realities of the fascinating and challenged African continent, the birthplace of humanity, 200,000 years ago, its ancient kingdoms and brutal history of slavery, the residue of European and South Asian colonialism, and the fierce perseverance and beauty of it diverse peoples and places today.