Blood River: A Journey to Africa’s broken Audiobook (Free)
Summary:
When ‘Daily Telegraph’ correspondent Tim Butcher was delivered to cover Africa in 2000 he quickly became enthusiastic about the thought of recreating H M Stanley’s well-known expedition – but going only. Despite warnings that his strategy was ‘suicidal’, Butcher set out for the Congo’s eastern border with only a rucksack and some thousand dollars hidden in his boot styles. Making his way in an range of vessels including a motorbike and a dugout canoe, helped along with a cast of heroes from UN help workers to a campaigning pygmy, he implemented in the footsteps of the fantastic Victorian adventurers. Butcher’s journey was a remarkable feat, however the story of the Congo, told expertly and vividly with this book, is more remarkable still.
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