Until the critics have their say, here's what my friends are saying about Africa in "Jump on the truck and join the adventure!" Vic Spina, a San Francisco architect "I'm honored to be a character in Africa in Motion," Pierpaola Bica, my Italian traveling companion "Hard-hitting, politically clever," Devonna Holland, a Texas banker Africa in Motion is the story of a dream that came true. Free from the hierarchy of corporate life after being laid off, I hit the road to discover greater meanings. Quickly I realized my traveling companions mirrored the images of power and control I had sought to escape. To find meaning in this turn of events, I began to ponder the underlying assumptions of religious faith, political processes, and the resilience of the human spirit. My book melds three the unique, interpersonal relationships that developed throughout the journey, my memories of growing up, and news of the war on Iraq, as the war loomed and fighting began. My quest challenged me to explore the mythic components in ordinary people and events. Landscapes expressed local mythologies. Belief systems were seen through the eyes of Africans I encountered. Conversations became a song of my life along the edge of a dream.
