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The Ukimwi road : from Kenya to Zimbabwe by Dervla Murphey is a travel available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Ukimwi road : from Kenya to Zimbabwe about?
Three thousand miles by bicycle through Africa.In January 1992, Dervla Murphy prescribed herself several carefree months and embarked on a cycle tour (pedaling and pushing) from Kenya to Zimbabwe via Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia on the cyclist's equivalent of a Rolls Royce called Lear. Before long, she realized that for travelers who wish to remain stress-free, Africa is the wrong continent. Inevitably she was caught up in the harrowing problems of the peoples she met; the devastating effects of AIDS (ukimwi is Swahili for AIDS), drought and economic collapse; skepticism about Western "aid schemes"; and corruption and incompetence, both white and black.
Who reads The Ukimwi road : from Kenya to Zimbabwe?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Dervla Murphey
- Publisher
- The Overlook Press
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781468305890
- Category
- travel
- Subjects
- Travel, Lifestyle
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (62 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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