Far in the Waste Sudan
On Assignment in Africa
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2005
- Category
- General, General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773529359
- Publish Date
- Sep 2005
- List Price
- $45.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773573024
- Publish Date
- Sep 2005
- List Price
- $28.95
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Description
Oil rich and on the divide between Africa and the Middle East, Sudan is one of Africa's most inaccessible countries. Coghlan takes the reader from Khartoum, former home of Carlos the Jackal and Osama bin-Laden, to the Nubian desert to the rebel-controlled swamps and jungle lowlands of Equatoria. He takes us with him to the mountain ranges of Darfur and the forgotten national park of Dinder and on a fifty-year old steel sailing dinghy racing on the Blue Nile.
About the author
Nicholas Coghlan and his wife, Jenny, sailed around the world on their first boat, Tarka the Otter between 1985 and 1989. On his return he joined the Canadian Foreign Service and has written books about two of his postings: The Saddest Country: On Assignment in Colombia and Far in the Waste Sudan: On Assignment in Africa. Following their adventure, Coghlan accepted a two-year posting as Deputy High Commissioner in Pakistan. Now, he and his wife are living aboard Bosun Bird somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.