Return To My Native Land by Ian C. Dawkins Moore 186 pages ISBN: 1-60002-259-6 Available now: $16.95

As a young man, I traveled to West Africa in search of my identity. I am a man of color, who was born in England. I visited West Africa in the mid-seventies, before that area exploded into violence, and witnessed the displacement of its people. My adventure lasted 18 months, and covered the countries of Algeria, Mali, Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta), Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone. An adventure like this probably couldn’t happen today. The desert has encroached on the south, and poverty has forced the increased migration of peoples from the savannah areas to the coastal countries. Violence has decimated some countries like Liberia and Sierra Leone, and the borders have become much tighter and more dangerous places.

This story, then, is about my encounters with real people in Africa and my perspectives of the underlying issues of the African societies that I experienced throughout my travels. These experiences were an attempt to find my place in Africa, and in the World. The histories and sentiments reported are still very much true of an African mindset that is proud, and divisive in its view of the world...

Ian C. Dawkins Moore, writer and video producer, was born in London, England of Jamaican and English parents. As a way to deal with the culture shock in his own up-bringing he traveled. Traveling in many European countries as well as the Middle East and West Africa. His unique eclectic perspective makes the essays in this book both humorous and thought provoking. He writes in a prose poetry style inviting dialog. He shares his views on what he has learned from all of his travels and includes some very funny advice and words of wisdom.

This is Mr. Moore's 6th book.

186 pages
Audio CD
ISBN: 1-60002-259-6
Available now: $16.95