Five Books to Read before Going on Tanzania Trip
Before visiting Tanzania , do you want to learn more about the country, its history, people, and traditions? We have prepared a list of our favorite books for you to dive into the Tanzania of yesterday and today. Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah We start with a must-read book before leaving for Tanzania, whose author, a native of Zanzibar, received the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature. It tells the story of Yusuf, a twelve-year-old boy who lives in a village in Tanzania and is thinking of staying with his uncle in town. If his parents made him believe they were sending him on a family visit, the young man would discover a completely different truth. He was sold as a slave to a wealthy merchant to repay a family debt. The Lioness by Katherine Scholes The story begins when Angel, a 7-year-old girl, finds herself alone in the Tanzanian desert when her mother dies from a snakebite. Promised to certain death, the little girl will t...