By far the hardest stage of Ffyona Campbell's world walk.It also tells how she found peace within herself & how each evening her campsite became a home when she fell in love with one of her drivers.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A captivating, yet annoying book,
This review is from: On Foot Through Africa (Paperback)
I was torn about how many stars to give this book (1 star, 5 stars...I went for the middle). On one level, it is a compelling story about a strong, woman who walks across Africa. She endures all sorts of hassles (natural and human), yet also develops a great respect for African cultures. Her travels are amazing, and this book makes me wish I could just hang it all up and go for an adventure like hers. Yet at the same time, Ffyona is a very unlikable character. She demeans all westerners who travel into Africa as ruining Africa, without any sort of self-knowledge that she falls into the exact same category (littering, doing culturally inappropriate things, etc.). She portrays herself in the book as rude and arrogant, frequently fighting with her European support staff. Therefore, I both admired her while reading the story, and was almost disgusted by her. One aspect of her "walk" that she hammers repeatedly was her integrity for the walk. She would religiously go back and make sure she hadn't missed a step. After reading this book (while in Africa myself), I was intrigued with her and curious to find out whatever happened with her. I have to say, I was not surprised to hear that she came clean about lying about one of her previous walks. In her walk across the USA, she admitted to taking rides from her support staff for almost 1,000 miles to make her deadlines due to an unplanned pregnancy. While she publicly apologized and went back and retraced her steps later, I think that I would have enjoyed the book more if I'd known this part of her story before reading the book. She's a complicated character, that Ffyona.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A unique book!,
By Thandi Uthanda "Thandi" (SOUTH AFRICA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: On Foot Through Africa (Paperback)
This book was filled with an energy which made it impossible to put down. This was not only about a walk but fills the reader with an understanding and appreciation for Africa and its people and an awareness of the harms done by the arrogance with which the West has imposed on African people. Obviously Ffyona is a person with tremendous fearlessness and determination and like everyone else on the planet, not without flaws. Whether she completed the walk or not, I do not really care - her insights, perspectives and experiences of Africa are enriching to the spirit and encourage a deeper understanding of this tremendous place!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
nice book,
A Kid's Review
This review is from: On Foot Through Africa (Paperback)
i found it very beautiful. it was liked that she showed the things that go on around a walk as well, even tho a previous reviewer didn't. i thought her perceptions on africa were great. and her perceptions on how such things she acomplished and the life that went with it. it helped me fall even more deeply in love with africa and people and that unnamable peace that is so nice.i'd like to do something similar oneday and i don't think that she should feel bad about the missing miles, espescialy when she's gone back and put them in. i was very surprised to see what nasty things some press had written about her, but then those people are more mad because they're mad more than anything elese, and they often say nasty, stupid things. reading her book has made her something of a personal hero to me, and will go with my other imagended (not physically kickable) statues of people i honour and remember, which may sound sappy, but it's a pantheon, very big one, and i'm more than happy to have her in it ^_________^
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