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Historically rich, remote, and once unimaginably dangerous for travellers, Timbuktu still teases with "Find me if you can." Rick Antonson's encounters with entertaining train companions Ebou and Ussegnou, a mysterious cook called Nema, and intrepid guide Zak all make you want to pack up and leave for Timbuktu tomorrow. As Antonson travels in Senegal and Mali by train, four-wheel drive, river pinasse, camel, and foot, he tells of fourteenth-century legends, eighteenth-century explorers, and today's endangered existence of Timbuktu's 700,000 ancient manuscripts in what scholars have described as the most important archaeological discovery since the Dead Sea Scrolls. Think Eric Newby's A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush or Redmond O'Hanlon's Into the Heart of Borneo and you begin to see what kind of writer Rick Antonson is. To Timbuktu for a Haircut combines wry humour with shrewd observation to deliver an armchair experience that will linger in the mind long after the last page is read.From a ride up the River Niger to an open-air music festival in the desert, from the sudden close friendships that bloom during such travel to the machinations of an unscrupulous tour coordinator who seems intent on foiling his travel goals at every juncture, Antonson handles the joys and occasional frustrations of his trip in vivid, straightforward prose and with a wry sense of humour. - Vancouver Sun, June 7, 2008“…nicely embroidered with local tones and textures, a regional history of West Africa, the Tuareg people and accounts of early European exploration.†Globe and Mail August 9“Anyone interested in traveling to Africa should put Antonson’s book on the list, right after malaria tablets.†National Post, Saturday, July 26"…Antonson’s (story) is engagingly real, laying bare his frustrations and doubts. A month of travel might not seem like enough to stretch into a whole book, but Antonson’s storytelling flows so well that the blow-by-blow account never gets tedious.†Georgia Straight (Vancouver, BC) July 10, 2008"Allure of Timbuktu draws adventurers-and satisfies." - Star Phoenix"For this trip, Antonson decided against his usual air travel and instead made the journey on the ground - by train, boat, car, camel and foot. The result, as recounted in his impressive new book, To Timbuktu for a Haircut, is a quixotic quest, alternately funny and thought-provoking.""Antonson's trek, via goat and donkey trail, to his guide Zak's home region of Dogon is a sweet story of bonding and cultural discovery. To Timbuktu for a Haircut is a good read." (Connected Traveller)
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Antonson combines wry humour with shrewd observation to deliver an armchair experience to the elusive Timbuktu that will linger long after the last page is read.
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Product details
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Dundurn Press; First Printing edition (May 12, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1550028057
ISBN-13: 978-1550028058
Product Dimensions:
6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.1 out of 5 stars
18 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#8,751,477 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
We all grew up thinking of Timbuktu as a magical far away place that somehow was important I history (and that was before "Where in the world is Carmen SanDiego?"). The author is an experienced travel writer before he takes off on sort of a whim to visit this mythical city. He gives the impression that he has traveled in out of the way places, but in the first part of the book he spends a lot of pages griping about the inconvenience and unpredictability of transportation and lodging (or lack thereof) in getting to Timbuktu. His troubles are aided and abetted by his fixer, Mohammed. The book gets better after he leaves Timbuktu, with a fresh haircut, and heads out to hike in the rugged outback of Mali. There he bonds with his guide and his cook and their families and gets to see life as it really is, not as the imagined glories of Timbuktu. Timbuktu is a place of the imagination and a place that has been ravaged from its centuries earlier glory as a center of learning and repository of valuable manuscripts. Even before reading the book, I worried about the care of these valuable ancient pieces of learning. Now, with the invasion of fundamentalists who do not value learning, I worry more (the author was there after one takeover and before another). The book raises lots of issues. For me, the most important was the role of tourism and questioning what journey one is on.
This is one of the most amazing books I have ever read. Not only is it a vacation and travel story, it is a history book on the search for Timbuktu and also a lesson on what little it takes in material possessions to have a truly meaningful life. There is a seamless integration of Rick's personal journey of discovery with the historic search for Timbuktu by various earlier explorers. Rick's vivid and penetrating description of the land and it's people places the reader right into the journey with him.I highly recommend this book to all readers regardless of their own specific list of favorite writers. An amazing journey very much worth joining Rick as he explores a world of intrigue, mystery, beauty and a way of life by people who make the most of their existence by focusing on what is truly important in one's journey through life.
Reading Rick Antonson's book on Mali took be back to 2006 and my quick trip through Mali. Having visited many of the places that Rick featured it was a great experience to witness someone who had been there before me.As a travel book I believe it to be superb and a great way to feel Mali.And lo and behold he loved the same things about the places - Mopti, Dogon, Timbuktu and Essakane - that I came to treasure. He writes very well, he experiences the real feel of the Niger River area, he captures you into his journey. And the two things that he loved most about Mali, that is Timbuktu and its manuscripts and Le Pays Dogon; his time in both locations will send me on a return trip to Mali to further experience that remarkable country. This book on Africa is as close to a real guide as anything written by Paul Theroux or investigated by Lonely Planet. I so enjoyed this book.
This brought back memories of my own travels many years ago to another part of the world. Author is a master of prose and the book contains many interesting observations about Mali and its peoples. The addendum on their current tragedies was very moving.
Mind- and life-changing - worth your time
Antonson writes an excellent travel book. It is the story of his personal journey to Timbuktu and he spares the reader neither criticism of the places or difficulty inherent in the experience. He writes in a way that I felt I was riding along in his backpack — I could smell the heat, the garbage, the questionable food. I felt the sand in my mouth, my boots, and the fatigue of riding in a crowded 4x4. I also experienced his elation when he found the sites he went to see, especially the ancient manuscripts. I enjoyed Antonson's wry humour too.This is a delight to read because it is a "story" rather than a destination book.Recommended for those who appreciate exotic places, Africa, and extreme travel. I loved it.
Part history of West Africa, part travelogue, part cautionary tale, and all adventure, Rick Antonson's book, To Timbuktu for a Haircut makes for an interesting read, The name comes from the Berber word "tin" meaning a well and "Bouctou" meaning woman with a large navel and stands for a safe water well owned by a woman with a large navel. But the word "Timbuktu represents mystery and adventure. Antonson decides to go there when he has some free time based on a comment his father made to him to go to Timbuktu for a haircut. Antonson gets there after a long trip by train, road and a river. Along the way he meets a variety of people. The adventure continues when he arrives.This book is fun to read and especially useful for anyone contemplating a trip to some unusual place. Preparation is important but also being able to adapt to the unexpected.
The concept for this trip is brilliant...as have most journeys to Timbuktu throughout history as the author clues us all into. The only moot pint I really have with the book is it peaks way too early. Because his journey is much like climbing Mt. Everest in that reaching the summit is THE story and the descent, as thrilling and even dangerous as it may become, is just not as captivating. The author reaches Timbuktu 2/3 of the way through the book.How does he keep the pace up? Trekking across the Dogon country is fine but it's more icing on the cake than the cake itself. Nothing one can really do about this as that's the journey he took but the story does lose some steam after leaving Timbuktu.Given all that, this guy can flat out write and this is a truly impressive travel essay. I look forward to his next adventure and he makes me proud I hail from Lotusland, too, when we have talented creative people like this living here.
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