Neil
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Tim Butcher:
Tim - I've just this minute listened to your stint on Radio 4's 'Bookclub', which was originally aired in 2011. What a fantastic programme - very informative and you came across as passionate and genuinely concerned about the future of Congo. I'm now listening to a few other archived episodes as I avoid completing another project brief while sat in a dull, sweaty office in Khartoum. Do you fancy a trip down the Nile?
Tim Butcher
Neil - thanks for following up from that BBC recording. I enjoyed taking part very much - so nice to face an audience of committed bibliophiles. The Nile?? Don't you think that has been done to death over the years by walkers, paddlers, explorers? Now the Irrawaddy in Myanmar, that's another story. Get an office in Yangon and we are on. Let me know how you get on with my other books if they ever work their way up your reading list. Best wishes - TimB
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Michael Arden
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Tim Butcher:
Hi Tim, Great to hear from you! Did you hear references to “African Science” while in Liberia? Basically it refers to what we’d call the black arts. Often even the power of suggestion would trigger fearful reactions by our neighbors because the belief is so strong. Inspired by Blood River I’m planning to soon read Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa. Best, Michael
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