South from Limpopo: Travels through South Africa

by Dervla Murphy

Overview

South from Limpopo is a social, cultural and political journey through South Africa, before, during and after the transfer of power in 1994, by the much-loved and formidable travel writer, Dervla Murphy. It is an account of three journeys, covering more than 6000 miles by bicycle, which took Murphy through all nine provinces of the new South Africa. She talked to people of all colours and political persuasions from wealthy and fearful whites, to impoverished, rural Boers and black farm labourers, to Indian shopkeepers and those living in the vast townships. To read this unique book is to share a gruelling experience of a country in tumultuous transition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780601182
Publisher:	Eland Publishing
Publication date:	10/30/2016
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Dervla Murphy was born (and still lives) in Lismore, County Waterford in 1931. Full Tilt, her first book, published in 1965, describes her exuberant bicycle ride from Lismore to India. Since then she has travelled in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, publishing over twenty other titles, including a highly acclaimed autobiography, Wheels Within Wheels. Dervla has won worldwide praise for her writing. Now in her eighties and with a brand new hip, she continues to travel around the world, happily setting off to trek in remote mountains or to live in refugee camps. She remains passionate about politics, conservation and beer.