His first book, Blood River, used an account of an epic journey he made through the Congo to unravel the region’s turbulent history. To reserve tickets please email Butcher is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster and best-selling author. Venue: The Library, 16 Wilhelmina Street, FranschhoekĬost: R100, including a light supper. But he will also tackle difficult questions about how this spirit to survive rarely transforms into a spirit to thrive.’ In his talk, Tim will describe an unforgettable adventure and how he encountered a remarkable spirit to survive. Following a trail blazed in 1935 by a young and whisky-steeped Graham Greene, Tim slept in villages run by `devils’, masked spiritual figures who keep society’s secrets. He wanted to learn how a society recovers after conflict so brutal it created some of modern Africa’s most troubling icons – child soldiers, blood diamonds, prisoner mutilation. Experiences, Explorers Club news, Friends adventurous expeditions, Inspiration, Travel, You must be oddīest-selling author (Blood River) and adventure-traveller Tim Butcher lost friends in Sierra Leone during its civil war and was threatened with death by the Liberian warlord Charles Taylor, but he faced down these demons by trekking 350 miles through the jungle on an epic journey to one of Africa’s most overlooked regions.
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