The Timbuktu School for Nomads by Nicholas Jubber

The Timbuktu School for Nomads by Nicholas Jubber

An epic modern-day quest across the Sahara and a unique insight into the nomadic communities that surround the legendary city, by award-winning travel writer Nicholas Jubber.

[A] passionate paean to the Sahara- New York Times, Season's Best Travel Books

Nick Jubber's The Timbuktu School for Nomads is an abundantly energetic gold-mine of a book. Heaped with history and background information, with ideas, adventures, and poignant postulations, it stares right in the face of current events. This is a book that will remind us all to look with care at what is happening on the great sandscape of North Africa now. A work of inspiration and scholarship, it deserves all the attention it gets. - Tahir Shah, author of The Caliph's House and Timbuctoo

A well-informed and readable book based on time spent in nomad camps and a thorough survey of the literature. The Sahara and Sahel are complex, dangerous, productive, compelling places. The Timbuktu School for Nomads captures the feel of this in conversations with nomads about their livelihoods, with the constant threat of a drought or an al Qaeda squadron just over the next dune. - Dr Jeremy Swift, author of The Sahara

The Timbuktu School for Nomads takes us on an unforgettable journey through time and space, plenty of it, and gives voice to voiceless communities that inhabit one of the most problematic corners of the globe

Engaging. Full of intriguing insights into little-visited countries. - Wanderlust

Effortless. Uses a light touch to explain complex, esoteric concepts. - Geographical

A writer who can deliver both serious historical research and entertaining escapades with credibility and passion.

Impeccably researched and elegantly written. - The Irish Times

Nicholas Jubber has travelled in the Middle East, Central Asia, North and East Africa and across Europe. Along the way, he has worked as a teacher, carpet-washer and even had a stint as a tannery assistant. He has written three previous books, The Timbuktu School for Nomads, The Prester Quest (winner of the Dolman Travel Book Award) and Drinking Arak off an Ayatollah's Beard (shortlisted for the Dolman Award). He has written for numerous publications, including the Guardian, Observer, Globe and Mail, Irish Times and BBC History.

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ISBN 13	9781473655447
ISBN 10	1473655447
Title	The Timbuktu School for Nomads
Author	Nicholas Jubber
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Murray Press
Year published	2017-07-06
Number of pages	336
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