Nick Roddy
Currently a professional diver based in Douala where the novel is set, the author was heavily influenced as a child by “Heart of Darkness” and a passion for literature that lead to a Master’s degree in English from the University of Bristol. On completion of his degree 20 years ago he moved to Africa, returning for a 5-year stint as a UK police officer. He later returned to Africa and the oil industry. He was kidnapped in Nigeria and ransomed after three weeks, but remains passionate about the continent. His work as an off shore diver has taken him to Morocco, Cameroon, Nigeria, Holland, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Senegal, Mozambique, Thailand, Vietnam, Korea, Malaysia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Georgia, Siberia, Lithuania, Singapore and the Shetlands. The author has taken advantage of the opportunities of extensive travel offered by his nomadic career and immersed himself in the cultures where ever he has been, from practical to spiritual, this interest also informs his writing. He speaks five languages.
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A Woman of Africa If You Run from Both the Sun and the Moon You Must One Day Confront Your Shadow
I had been in Africa a few years and I had met a number of Biaffran refugees who had made their lives in new countries. As a former Police Officer I understand and appreciate what is commonly known as grave...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2011
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A Woman of Africa If You Run from Both the Sun and the Moon You Must One Day Confront Your Shadow
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'I am an African woman. That's not a political statement. I am not a Whoopee Goldberg or an Oprah Winfrey, a middle-class American in search of an identity or asserting a political right. I am a woman and I am...
Format: Paperback - Released: 31/03/2011-
Woman of Africa
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'I am an African woman. That's not a political statement. I am not a Whoopee Goldberg or an Oprah Winfrey, a middle-class American in search of an identity or asserting a political right. I am a woman and I am...
Format: eBook - Released: 01/03/2011
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