Alive in Africa: My Journeys on Foot in the Sahara, Rift Valley, and Rain Forest

Authentic adventures in a continent of great extremes

 

Alive in Africa chronicles author and photographer William F. Wheeler’s exceptional journeys on foot through a continent of great extremes—from the Sahara desert to the grasslands of the Great Rift Valley, to the Congo rainforest. Illustrated with his stunning images, this elegantly written book takes us back to a bygone age when explorers traveled without GPS or satellite phones.

 

A must for aficionados of fine travel writing from the likes of Bill Bryson and Paul Theroux, as well as anyone with a passion for Africa’s natural beauty and the isolated peoples that live at its heart, Alive in Africa fully captures the author’s enlightened awe for the worlds and people he encounters. In the vast wilderness, Wheeler felt closer than ever to being truly alive. And that, he discovered, was what he was searching for all along.

William F. Wheeler, MD, is the author and photographer of Efe Pygmies: Archers of the African Rain Forest. His photos have appeared in Conde Nast Traveler, Outside, and Sierra, and more than 5,000 are on permanent display in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. He lives in Solana Beach, California.