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　　”Engrossing . . . Vividly written and trenchantly observed.”
(Publishers Weekly )”Tayler. . .continues to enthrall readers with
journeys to zones of the unexpected. . .Highly recommended.”
(Library Journal )”Those who want to learn more about Islam in
Africa should not miss this beautifully written travelogue.”
(Booklist, ALA, Starred Review )

　　Hailed by Bill Bryson and the New York Times Book Review as a
rising star among travel writers, Jeffrey Tayler penetrates one of
the most isolated, forbidding regions on earth–the Sahel. This
lower expanse of the Sahara, which marks the southern limit of
Islam’s reach in West and Central Africa, boasts such mythologized
places as Mopti and Timbuktu, as well as Africa’s poorest
countries, Chad and Niger. In parts of the Sahel, hard-line Sharia
law rules and slaves are still traded. Racked by lethal harmattan
winds, chronic civil wars, and grim Islamic fundamentalism, it is
not the ideal place for a traveler with a U.S. passport. Tayler
finds genuine danger in many guises, from drunken soldiers to a
thieving teenage mob. But he also encounters patience and
generosity of a sort found only in Africa. Traveling overland by
the same rickety means used by the local people–tottering,
overfilled buses, bush taxis with holes in the floor, disgruntled
camels–he uses his fluency in French and Arabic (the region’s
lingua francas) to connect with them. Tayler is able to illuminate
the roiling, enigmatic cultures of the Sahel as no other Western
writer could.

　　JEFFREY TAYLER writes frequently for the Atlantic, where he is
a contributing editor, as well as for National Geographic, Condé
Nast Traveler, Salon.com, and other publications. His previous book
was Facing the Congo.

Prologue: The Challenge of the Sahel
1. Mahamat of N’Djamena
2. Pari-Vente
3. The Piste to Wadai
4. Abeche
5. Desert of Daggers
6. The Guns of Faya Largeau
7. The Sultan of Kanem
8. Nigeria Agonistes
9. Fear and Faith in Maiduguri
10. Return to Kano
11. The Mujahid of Sokoto
12. Torture in Zinder
13. Fetters of Bronze in Ayorou
14. Gao
15. Sailing the Niger to Timbuktu
16. Dance of the Desert
17. Djenne’s Bitter Winds
18. Death in the Sun
19. Misere!
20. The Coast of Slaves
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS