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Travelling to Chad in November & December!
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Hello all,I thought I'd kickstart the selection process for the next country: Chad! Any ideas & suggestions are most welcome - I'm having trouble finding anything (that's not in French and not totally obscure).
Only found a non-fiction book about elephants in Chad (no idea how interesting it is): Heinrich Oberjohann Komoon! Capturing the Chad Elephant. Lots of copies available on Abebooks.
My copy of Told by Starlight in Chad arrived, but I'm open to other suggestions if the group wants to read something different.I'd like to suggest Samanta Weinberg: A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth for Comoros. It is the best match I can find in English (and at that, I had trouble finding copies of books in French).
Thanks for your suggestion for Chad - it looks like it might be the only option.I'll keep your idea for Comoros in mind (again, it's probably our only option :) ).
Sorry, I have really not been on top of things here... shall we (= you ;) ) read Joseph Brahim Seid's Told by Starlight in Chad in Nov/Dec then?
sure...i tried quick-like to do some digging but almost everything is in French. i can look some more and set up a poll for a "second selection" but in any case, i'm game to read this starlight book.
um, i dug again. but i don't know anything, really, about these books (potentially dry/boring and/or depressing):Limits of Anarchy Intervention and State Formation in Chad
Africa's Thirty Years War Libya, Chad, and the Sudan 1963-1993
Teenager in the Chad Civil War A Memoir of Survival, 1982-1986
Thanks Marieke - so if anyone's interested, we can always read another one (ie. one of the ones you suggest/have dug up). Great... Happy reading... (I first have to try and locate the book, not available in AUS...)
I could only get the Seid book from my city's libraries in French, which is fine; I need to work on my French anyway!
Hi Jeffrey,if you're willing to work on your French and give this book a go in French - wow, I'm impressed!! I won't get a chance to even begin it until mid-Dec (just too busy at work) but hopefully get around to it over Christmas.
I haven't been able to find a copy in English either, and unfortunately "my" French is non-existent. So I may have to pass this month, but will keep tracking what you guys are up to!
I will also have to pass, haven't been able to track down the book either. Will join you on the next read!
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Komoon! Capturing the Chad Elephant (other topics)Told by Starlight in Chad (other topics)
A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth (other topics)
Told by Starlight in Chad (other topics)
Limits of Anarchy: Intervention and State Formation in Chad (other topics)
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