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Hello, today with most of us confined to our homes for better and for worse, we're hell-bent on offering respite. And there's no more accessible way for us to escape than in the pages

of a novel, especially one taking us on an adventure.

The mere animal pleasure of travelling in a wild, unexplored country is very great.

When on lands of a couple of thousand feet elevation, brisk exercise imparts elasticity to the muscles.

Fresh and healthy blood circulates through the brain.

The mind works well.

The eye is clear, the step firm,

and a day's exertion makes the evening's repose thoroughly enjoyable.

The words of the Scottish explorer and missionary Dr David Livingstone,

the subject of the Zimbabwean award-winning novelist Patina Gappa's latest book,

Out of Darkness, Shining Light.

The story of the arduous trek undertaken in 1873 by David Livingstone's 69 strong African

expedition team, who carried his body a grueling

1500 miles from today's Zambia back to the coast so that his remains could eventually be buried

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