Table of Contents

Ch. 1 Reconnaissance Ch. 2 Drought and politics Ch. 3 A sort of plan Ch. 4 The London connection Ch. 5 Into the furnace Ch. 6 A solution, desert style Ch. 7 Survey Ch. 8 Interim Ch. 9 The director feels the heat Ch. 10 The seed of an idea Ch. 11 Negotiations Ch. 12 New governor, new start Ch. 13 More relief, more work Ch. 14 A taste of the truth Ch. 15 Crime and punishment Ch. 16 Trouble with invaders Ch. 17 Dryer, hotter, wetter Ch. 18 Sickness at Eliwoha Ch. 19 The Chelaka sand dam Ch. 20 Ambush Ch. 21 Setbacks, solutions, flow Ch. 22 A complication Ch. 23 Dirty money well spent Epilogue - The futility of relief Glossary Acknowledgements

About the Author

Ian Mathie spent his childhood and early school years in Africa. After a short service commission in the RAF, he returned to the continent as a rural development officer working for the British government and a number of other agencies. His work in water resources and related projects during the 1970s brought him into close contact with the African people, their cultures and varied tribal customs, many of which are now all but lost. These experiences, recorded in his notebooks, were the inspiration for a series of African memoirs, of which Dust of the Danakil is the fourth volume. Ian continued to visit Africa until health considerations curtailed his travelling. He now lives in south Warwickshire with his wife and dog.

Reviews

Eye opening in ways I never could have expected. No matter how bad our Western economy gets, how drowning in debt we are, it is impossible not to feel gratitude for life when you see how the other half lives... His books are journalistic masterpieces. I will happily read anything this gentleman writes. - Amazon Ian demonstrates not only his deep knowledge of and empathy with Africa from the inside, but his experience of the workings of the mandarins of Whitehall and the complexities of distributing aid. - Amazon