Thumper Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 Hello All, First off, I have no idea who Michael Stanley is. But, I figure any list of books concerning Africa or written by authors from Africa is interesting to know. I have some questions about a few selections on the list, like Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile. But, take a look and let me know what you think. Top Ten African Crime Novels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookfan Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 Christie says the action in Death on the Nile takes place on the African continent, but other than a brief visit the all-white cast makes to an Egyptian temple, there really is nothing African at all in the story. It's about Americans and Europeans shut up in boat. Place matters so little that she could have had them sail up the Hudson and stop to visit the Temple of Dendur at the Met without any meaningful difference. Except that the Temple of Dendur was still actually on the Nile when Christie wrote the story, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookfan Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 Interesting (to me) facts about Dendur Temple: built by the Roman emperor Augustus but dedicated to the local Nubian godslater used later as a Coptic (Christian) churchNile fish used to swim where NY museumgoers now walk: the temple was completely submerged at times after the first Aswan dam was builtgiven to the U.S. by the government of Egyptthe Smithsonian lost out to the Met in a bid to re-construct it on the bank of the Potomac (that would have been cool!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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