Description

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Presented in a landscape format with vivid photographs of Africa, this book offers a pictorial exploration of this great and varied continent in all its majesty.

The world's second-largest and second-most-populous continent with 1.3 billion inhabitants, Africa offers a diversity of culture and landscape rarely seen elsewhere. Divided into five chapters by region, Africa is a sumptuous introduction to this most vibrant of continents. Be amazed at the spectacular Victoria Falls, which is the world's largest sheet of falling water from a height of 354 feet; explore the Congo River, second largest in the world by volume, as it snakes through the ancient forests of Central Africa; enjoy the view from Table Mountain, across Cape Town to the Lion's Head and the South Atlantic; experience the diversity of creatures in the Serengeti National Park, including herds of wild elephants and Cape Buffalo, as well as their primary predators, lions and leopards; and marvel at the 13th-century Djenn Mosque in Mali, made from wooden scaffolding and clay.

About the Author

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Anne-Marie Bissada is an editor and journalist who specializes in African and Middle Eastern politics and culture. She has travelled extensively across Africa for reporting and leisure. She currently works at The Africa Report, and before that was on-air at Radio-France Internationale.