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Some are looking for a whitewash version of reality

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Here you will find the truth in all its disappointing aspects

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It comes down to self responsibility within the nation to alleviate the suffering that no amount of good intentioned handouts are going to fix

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The beauty of the book is in its cameo stories of theroux talking to ordinary people about their experiences of africa

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After theroux wrote less than flattering words about my tongan in laws in the happy isles of oceania i never wanted to waste my time reading a book by a snarky hypocritical racist bigot

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I admire the author who took this most taxing trip at the age of sixty from cairo to cape town in early 2001vivid descriptions of places and people i will never experience with controversial and unfortunately repetitive opinions about aid workers and put downs of tourists probably most of his readersi tend to believe him about aid workers because ive met a few back home living very well and resent him about tourists because i am one plus he ends his book going on a five trophy safari himself so hypocrisy is not a fault he avoidshowever accurate his depiction of aid workers in their brand new range rovers is it is hard to believe they are the cause of african poverty and corruption and he ends with a glowing description of south africa that would more logically lead you to conclude that blacks are the problem and they should have kept whites in charge

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If you want an accurate look at the african continent then read this book

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Paul theroux honestly reports his experiencesgood and bad