Blogs in September 2023

Zamani: a Haunted Memoir of Tanzania 16th September 2023

Born and brought up in Tanzania, in 1968 I’m at my English boarding school when I get the news that I’m never going home again. It takes me three decades before an invitation to participate in a film festival...

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The Contest 6th March 2023

THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME. A PRIZE WORTH KILLING FOR. We call it the Great Escape. The annual trip where my boss asks us expert travel guides to escort a group of privileged, uber-wealthy clientele on some far-flung expedition,...

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What Happens On Vacation 18th February 2023

Journalist Margaret needs a vacation. After a difficult couple of years, some R&R is on the cards, and she’s taking her mom with her. Luckily, the office Quiz Night is coming up and the prize is an all-expenses-paid trip...

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The Lioness 11th November 2022

Tanzania, 1964. When Katie Barstow, A-list actress, and her new husband, David Hill, decide to bring their Hollywood friends to the Serengeti for their honeymoon, they envision giraffes gently eating leaves from the tall acacia trees, great swarms of...

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Afterlives 26th June 2022

While he was still a little boy, Ilyas was stolen from his parents by the German colonial troops. After years away, fighting in a war against his own people, he returns to his village to find his parents gone,...

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