Snow on the equator. 2nd edition, re-. And supplemented. Polyakov A.K.

Author, Andrei Polyakov, gave 12 years of his life to Africa: at first he worked as a translator in Angola, then for 11 years by a TASS correspondent in various states south of Sakhara. In his book, he talks about Africa of modern, ancient, traditional and pristine, inviting the reader to plunge into a fascinating, unknown and so alluring world of paradoxes and contrasts, of which a black continent is woven.

Where is real English tea growing? Why is polygamy convenient? Why bleach the skin? How fearless are the Masai-Morates Masai Marana? Answers to these and many other unexpected questions are in this book.