My Life My Africa
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Philen allows us to join him in his mid-life crisis as he journeys into an Africa that few of us get to truly experience. There's no new camera and bug spray in his luggage, as he packs a backpack and heads north from his comfortable South African upbringing into the unknown.
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It's a movingly honest account of his time spent travelling and living amongst the people of Zambia, his westernised way of thinking constantly challenged as he becomes accustomed to a new way of life.
From the intricacies of border crossings as a bus passenger whilst travelling with a ton of engine spare parts, to whiling the day away in the shade of mango trees with the village elders and some 'local brew', what he discovers along the way about life and himself is so clear and simple, yet so difficult to apply.
It's a journey that will have you thinking about everything - from where your food comes from and with whom you share it, to how you'd go about fighting off competitors to get the prized liver from a recently culled elephant.
Philen's journey of discovery is one that we should all be taking.
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