Karibuni Kenya

As the internet is so bad, I’m combining two post into one for book of the week.

The first is ‘Leopard’ by Cecil Bodker.  This book was lent to me while out in Kenya, and one I had never heard of before.  The story is set in Ethiopia and is about a sheperd boy who loses one of his flock to ‘the big one’ a leopard who is fearless and struck in severla villages before he strikes the boys herd.  Out of fear for his herd, the boy leaves his home and searches for the wiseman in another village, leaving his family without a word but hoping to return with something that will keep the leopard away.  As always, things don’t go quite to plan, and he ends up getting into a big adventure around the villages, almost losing his life on several occasions.  I won’t say anymore as it will ruin the story, but it is well worth a read.  It is quite an old book, so may be difficult to get hold of, but a look in a local library or on amaozn should have it somewhere.

The second book is ‘Africa, a biography of the continent’  I haven’t yet finsihed reading this, but it has come highly recommneded  from many people, and what I have read of it is most interesting.  It is a history of the continent  from the very beginnings of time through to the modern world, and there are few if any other boks like it.  For anyone interested in Africva and its history, it is an absoloute must.  It si also quite easy to get hold of, being stocked in most good bookstores and if not stocked then very easy to order in.