Squirting Milk at Chameleons

An Accidental African

By: Simon Fenton

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Paperback | 31 January 2015

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The tale of an Englishman making a life for himself in Senegal.

Khady pulled out a breast and with a deadly aim fired milk at the chameleon. "If I don't offer it milk, our son will grow up to look like a lizard," she explained. Clearly I had a lot to learn about life in Africa."

When as a boy, Simon Fenton swung from a rope hung beneath a bridge across the A34, little did he think that 30 years or so later, he'd be swinging a machete on his own piece of Africa, watching men urinate snakes and battling a curse placed upon him via the medium of eggs. The Casamance is an undiscovered paradise just south of the Gambia in West Africa. A land where mystic Africa governs life, people walk to the beat of the djembe, when it rains it pours, and mangos are free. Simon, on the cusp of middle age, leaves England in search of adventure and finds Senegal, love, witch doctors, a surprise baby son, and a piece of land that could make a perfect guest house, if only he could work out how to build one.

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I have a house in the village of Ab?n? and Simon's account of life there is spot on. From having spent time in Africa I see that here in the West with our analytical mind-set and an almost permanent belief that we understand how life works, we actually understand nothing at all! Simon shares his journey with us, he shares his courage, vulnerability, and his faith. His story is an example of what life is really about. This book is a great and easy read and is a must for anyone wanting to understand the mystical side of Africa through a Westerner's eyes. Highly recommended!
Resembling something of a 21st century everyman, Simon Fenton leaves behind the disappointments of his life in England, in search of something more. Having slogged his way through the barren wastes of the Sahara, he emerges on the other side, in the apparently paradisiacal tropical region of Casamance in Senegal. Inevitably - and entertainingly - his pursuit of love, fatherhood, and a new life, doesn't always go to plan.Written in clear, straight forward, easy to read prose, it's the kind of book that you can speed through in no time. If you've ever fantasised about leaving it all behind, to pursue a life less ordinary, then this comes highly recommended.

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