A bend in the Nile

"Nubia - a vast area located in Southern Egypt and Northern Sudan - goes back to at least 3100 BC. Troubled by the poverty and the dislocation of its people after the construction of Africa's largest dam, its landscape is harsh and uncompromising. Only the thin strip of land beside the Nile provides living conditions for settlement and survival. Located at a bend in the Nile, Dongola is one such settlement. It was here [that] the young Chris McIvor arriveed to provide teaching services in the early 1980s. From Dongola he traveled along the Nile and across the desert, along the way exploring the broken remains of a civilization. ..."--Back cover.

שנה

2012

שפה

English

סדרה

Clipper

הוצאה

W.F. Howes

מהדורות

1

עמודים

311

ISBN

9781471204340

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata