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The Black Nile

Author(s): Dan Morrison

Location(s): Egypt

Genre(s): Travelogue

Era(s): Modern

A foreign correspondent traces the 4,000-mile plank-board boat journey he took with an inexperienced childhood friend along the Nile River from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean Sea, a trip inspired by Alan Moorehead’s classic chronicles during which the author surveyed regional culture and politics.

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