Book description
In 1995 Toby Green became friends with El Hadji, a Senegalese
photographer who swore that, in the West African hinterland, there
were mystics who possessed the secrets of how to become invisible and
invulnerable. Four years later, he returns to meet up with his old
friend, and test the strengths of these surreal claims for himself.
'By turns mysterious, hilarious, beautiful and troubling, this book
brings to light the disturbing links between the seeds of racism and
the nature of contemporary culture. An excellent and thought-provoking
book.' Global Adventure 'Green is a brave and intrepid traveller ...
West Africa tests his resolve to the limit, presenting some of the
toughest travelling conditions to be found anywhere in the world.'
Sunday Times
Toby Green was born in 1974. After studying Philosophy at Cambridge
University, he won a scholarship to retrace Charles Darwin's route in
South America on horseback, and has since worked as a teacher,
journalist, literary agent and academic. He is the author of a diverse
body of work, including biography, criticism, history and travel
literature. In 2007 he began a fellowship from the British Academy at
Birmingham University, specializing in African history in the era of the
trans-Atlantic slave trade.
