num_pages: 414
description: An epic narrative of the journalist who worked in Africa in the 1990s describes his childhood as the son of a British colonial officer; his witness to genocidal activities in Ethiopia, Somalia, Rwanda, and the Congo; and his discovery of a missing family friend's journals. 35,000 first printing.
language: English
title: The Zanzibar Chest: A Story of Life, Love, and Death in Foreign Lands
titlecomplete: The Zanzibar Chest: A Story of Life, Love, and Death in Foreign Lands
genres: Biography, Adventure, Memoir, Nonfiction, Kenya, Autobiography, Travel, Africa, History, Journalism
ratings_count: 2649
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Guardian First Book Award
category: Also Commended, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr