Chasing the Devil : : a Journey Through Sub-Saharan Africa in the Footsteps of Graham Greene
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First published in Great Britain in 2010 by Chatto & Windus as Chasing the devil : the search for Africa's fighting spirit.
A stone in my shoe -- Province of freedom -- Looking for Bruno -- No provocation to anger -- Peace garden -- Falloe's stick -- Message in a bottle -- Screams in the jungle -- Guinea worm -- The cry of the bull-roarer -- Daventry calling -- The Devil's last dance.
Tim Butcher follows Graham Greene's footsteps into Liberia where he encounters masked sorcerers whose magical powers depend on cannibalism and long forgotten missionaries.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Atlas & Co. Publishers, c2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 325 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781935633297
1935633295
SUBJECTS
Butcher, Tim, -- 1967- -- Travel -- Liberia.
Butcher, Tim, -- 1967- -- Travel -- Sierra Leone.
Greene, Graham, -- 1904-1991 -- Travel -- Liberia.
Sierra Leone -- Description and travel.
Liberia -- Description and travel.