This text is an entertaining account of one mans journey through distant lands. Artist Harry Holcroft visits over 20 countries across Africa and America as he retraces the path of the ancient slave routes adopting the various historical means of travel along the way. An enthusiastic storyteller Holcrofts diary conveys the idiosyncratic charm of these exotic lands while a unique collection of over 100 paintings and sketches capture the haunting atmosphere of some of the worlds most evocative plac