Out of Africa

At last I have finished Africa and just in time to start a new continent for the New Year.  I’m almost halfway through my reading journey and my enthusiasm hasn’t waned.    However I am glad to have finished my travels through Africa, which, with a few exceptions, wasn’t a happy place – genocide, AIDS, female circumcision, civil war, landmines, corruption, slavery and poverty were the main themes covered.  I’ve never wanted to travel to Africa but the 20 books I have read have given me a new insight into life there both now and in the past.  On to the Middle East next but I don’t expect that to be a happy place either!