Cover of Drums on the Night Air: A Woman's Flight from Africa's Heart of Darkness

Drums on the Night Air: A Woman's Flight from Africa's Heart of Darkness

Veronica Cecil was 25-years-old when her husband was offered a job at a large multi-national company in the Congo. Filled with enthusiasm for their new life, the couple and their young son set off for an African adventure. Very soon, however, Veronica began to realise that life in the Congo was not what she had imagined.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 282 pages

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