Land of Dark and Sun: A Journey Through Africa

by Lindsey Clark

Land of Dark and Sun chronicles author Lindsey Clark’s nine-month journey through fifteen countries in southern and eastern Africa after serving for three years as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Traveling from Madagascar to Ethiopia, she meets dozens of colorful characters, jumps out of a plane over the Namib desert, survives a bus accident, comes face to face with gorillas and hippos, trades money on Zimbabwe’s black market, talks with locals about the AIDS crisis, bargains with Botswanan policemen, visits a Rwandan genocide memorial, contemplates poverty versus wealth and the role of a Westerner in Africa’s future, and struggles to shift her perspective on the challenges facing the sun-drenched “dark continent” that she has come to see as a home.

348 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 9, 2015

Reviews

[Martha Clark]

Well written. The author's honesty and soul searching, and her desire to experience all this world has to offer had me hooked from the beginning. Even if she was not my daughter, I would recommend this book to all.

[Amelia C.]

A compelling and thought-provoking travelogue.