ANN JONES
WRITER/PHOTOGRAPHER
On a canoe trip in Zimbabwe, Ann Jones met British photographer Kevin Muggleton, and on a whim they decided to make an overland "expedition" from one end of Africa to the other. Their mission: to reach the southernmost tip of the continent and find the Lovedu people, a legendary tribe guided by the “feminine” principles of compromise, tolerance, generosity, and peace--a tribe once known for its use of skillful diplomacy instead of warfare, and ruled by a wise and powerful woman, a great rain-making queen named Modjadji.
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“An elegant, ambivalent travelogue.” —Outside
“Jones peoples the journey with characters no package tourist would ever find . . . It is her descriptions of people that raise this above mere travelogue.” —London Daily Express
“Jones writes with pungent observation and wit . . . She is an engaging and venturesome traveling companion, one whose encounters with Africans are touching and surprising.” —The New York Times
“Gripping . . . A daring journey . . . laden with descriptions of the African land mass and all of its riches.”
—Chicago Tribune
“Beautiful writing . . . Riveting" —The Philadelphia Inquirer
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