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An evening hosted by Professor Colin Bundy, Director and Principal:
Aidan Hartley, author of bestselling book
The Zanzibar Chest: A Memoir of Love and War (HarperCollins, 2003)
will be giving a talk, followed by a reception, on TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2004 AT 7PM in the Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS main building, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG
RSVP by 13 February: Rosalind Griffin, Alumni Officer via
E-mail or phone.
Zanzibar Chest: A Memoir of Love and War
‘Mesmerizing. . . . A sweeping, poetic homage to Africa, a continent made vivid by Hartley’s capable, stunning prose.’ (Publishers
Weekly)
‘Aidan Hartley writes like a dream and he really has something to say. The Zanzibar Chest deserves to become a classic.’ Fergal
Keane
‘A work of tremendous candour and vigour. Passionately articulated, The Zanzibar Chest offers a vision of Africa through the eyes of
the war reporter that is unsettling, compelling and moving by turns. Reportage, history, family memoir and personal testimony
intertwine in a work of passion and intensity to create a book that is impossible to forget.’ Aminatta Forna, author of The Devil
that Danced on Water.
Aidan Hartley was born in 1965 and brought up in East Africa. He read English at Balliol College, Oxford and later politics,
specialising in East Africa, at London University. He joined Reuters as a foreign correspondent and has worked in the Balkans, the
Middle East and Russia. He lives in Kenya with his wife and two children.
www.amazon.co.uk
www.thezanzibarchest.com
Henty Bulley Alumni Officer - publications (part-time: Mon/Wed/Fri then Tues/Thurs)
Tel: 020 7898 4040
Postal Address: SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG
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