An affair with Africa
expeditions and adventures across a continent
by Alzada Carlisle Kistner
In June 1960, Alzada Kistner and her husband, David, a promising entomologist, left their 18-month-old daughter in the care of relatives and began what was to be a four-month scientific expedition in the Belgian Congo. Three weeks after their arrival, the country was gripped by a violent revolution, trapping the Kistners in its midst. Despite having to face numerous life-threatening situations, the Kistners were not to be dissuaded.
An emergency airlift by the United States Air Force brought them to safety in Kenya, where they continued their field work. In An Affair with Africa, Alzada Kistner describes her family's African experience - the five expeditions they took beginning with the trip to the Belgian Congo in 1960 and ending in 1972-73 with a nine-month excursion across southern Africa.
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An Affair With Africa: Library Edition
February 2001, Blackstone Audiobooks
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An Affair With Africa: Library Edition
February 2001, Blackstone Audiobooks
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in English
- Unabridged edition
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An affair with Africa: expeditions and adventures across a continent
1998, Island Press
in English
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