Geldof in Africa

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Mint condition.Century,2005.Published by arrangement with BBC.First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2).Large format black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small sc ratch and nick on the edge of the cover) in mint condition, with Dj(very small tear on the edge of the back Dj cover,a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover) in fine condition.Illustrated inside the front and back cover,many full colour,b/w photographs,drawings,map.The book is new with light shelf wear inside the edges of the Dj cover.320pp including foreword by Bob Geldof.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition-first printing.Please note:This is oversized and very heavy book(approx 2 Kg). This is another paragraph Product Description: Stunningly illustrated with his own photographs and essays, Geldof in Africa paints a unique picture of this extraordinary land. n nAfrica is not the Dark Continent as so often described by writers from the gloomy northern skies of Europe. Not the Dark Continent at all. It is the Luminous Continent. Drenched in sun, pounded by heat and shimmering in its blinding glare. And within this immense continent, deserts with rolling seas of sand, tropics shrouded with jungles, equators dense with rainforest and coasts with more animals and fish than seems possible. There are more people, languages and cultures here than anywhere else on our planet. Africa is quite simply the most extraordinary, beautiful and luminous place on earth. n nMost of us continue to see Africa as an object, a single, blighted place burning in the relentless, glaring heat, for others it occupies a romantic space in the imagination of child-like primitives and wild, beautiful creatures. For yet more of us it's the dark side of our minds, the impenetrable place, the unknowable mind. And, yes, all of this is partially true too much of the time. But there are other Africas. Show more