George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008) was the author of the legendary Flashman series. Born in England and educated in Scotland, he served in a Highland regiment in India, Africa, and the…
Dana Adams Schmidt (1915 to 1994) was a correspondent for the New York Times for three decades, covering Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. He also worked as a…
Guy Arnold is the author of several books on African and Third World affairs and has been an expert in the field for many years. His involvement in Africa began…
Sheila Siddle moved to Africa in 1947 and has lived in Zambia since the 1950s, where she has been a race-car driver, a cattle rancher, and the mother of five…
…Africa, Europe, Asia, and North America. A note on naming: Following Nigerian naming conventions, family names come first in the name order, followed by the given first and “middle” names….
Tim Butcher worked for the Daily Telegraph from 1990 to 2009 as chief war correspondent, Africa bureau chief, and Middle East correspondent. His first book, Blood River, was a number-one…
Alan Huffman is the author of several nonfiction books, including Sultana, Mississippi in Africa, and Here I Am. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times,…
…from Russia as a foreign correspondent and latterly as European editor with the Sunday Times. He has had firsthand experience of conflict in Vietnam, Laos, the Middle East, and Africa….
…a 2015 Miles Morland Writing Scholarship. They won the 2017 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Africa. Their work has been published in various literary magazines, including Granta. Freshwater is their…
“Keay’s panoramic vision and multidisciplinary approach serves the function of all great historical writing. It illuminates the present.” —Thrity Umrigar, The Boston Globe…