Africa has always walked in my mind proudly upright, an African giant among the other continents, toes well dug into the final ocean of one hemisphere, rising to its full height in the graying skies of the other; head and shoulders broad, square and enduring, making light of the bagful of blue Mediterranean slung over its back as it marches patiently through time.


Flamingo Feather (1955), ch. 3


Africa has always walked in my mind proudly upright, an African giant among the other continents, toes well dug into the final ocean of one...

Africa has always walked in my mind proudly upright, an African giant among the other continents, toes well dug into the final ocean of one...

Africa has always walked in my mind proudly upright, an African giant among the other continents, toes well dug into the final ocean of one...

Africa has always walked in my mind proudly upright, an African giant among the other continents, toes well dug into the final ocean of one...