After exploring more than twenty other African nations using only public transport, Sihle Khumalo this time roams within the borders of his own country. The familiarity of his own car is a luxury, but what he finds on his journey through South Africa ranges from the puzzling to the downright bizarre.
Voyaging from the northernmost part of South Africa right to the south, the author noses his car down freeways and back roads into small towns, townships, and villages, some of which you'll have trouble finding on a map.
But this is no cliched description of beautiful landscapes and blue skies. Khumalo is out to investigate the state of the nation, from its highest successes to its most depressing failures.
Whether or not he's baffled, surprised, or sometimes plain angry, Sihle Khumalo will always find warmth in his fellow South Africans: security guards, religious visionaries, drunks, political activists and the many other colourful personalities that come alive in his riveting account.
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Penguin Random House South Africa
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978-1-4152-1033-8 (9781415210338)
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Sihle Khumalo decided to travel from Cape Town to Cairo using public transport. The bestselling Dark Continent My Black Arse was the book he wrote about his journey. Since then there have been more travels and three more books, including Heart of Africa, Rainbow Nation My Zulu Arse and Almost Sleeping My Way to Timbuktu, winner of a South African Literary Award. Born in Nquthu in rural KwaZulu-Natal, Khumalo was educated at the Durban University of Technology and the Wits and Stellenbosch University business schools. He currently lives in Johannesburg with his wife and two children.
