A Song of Africa

A SONG OF AFRICA"If I know a song of Africa, - I thought - of the Giraffe, and the African new moon lying on her back, of the poughs in the fields, and the sweaty faces of the coffee pickers, does Africa know a song of me? Would the air over the plain quiver with a colour that I had on, or the children invent a new game in which my name was, or the full moon cast a shadow over the gravel of the drive that was like me, or would the eagles of Ngong look out for me?"Isak Dinneson"Out of Africa""This counry is filled with foreign spies." His eyes on the American, the officer took a small black book from his shirt pocket. "What is you name?" he demanded.A SONG OF AFRICA vividly portrays three distinct personalities playing ou their private battles of conscience, pride and passion within the context of an elemental fight for power. Their reactions to the events around them are exquitely rendered and reveal strenghts and qualities they never knew they possessed. For each Nigeria is a revelation.Ronald Brian Wheatley depicts his setting as forcefully as his characters, from the idyllic plateau region of the North to the perilous mangrove infested tributaries in the South.