by Shel Arensen | Sep 8, 2014 | Shel Arensen
World War I Old Africa Battlefield Tour Taita-Taveta August 2014 Part One – Voi We met up in Voi on Saturday afternoon, August 23, 2014, with other members of our Old Africa group touring the World War I battlefield sites in Taita-Taveta. James Willson,...
by Shel Arensen | Jul 25, 2014 | Shel Arensen
The Red Pelican by Jon Arensen was recently reviewed in mini-SITREP, the newsletter of the Kenya Regiment. Eric Calonius wrote the review. Here it is. I just finished The Red Pelican-and what a great read it is! There’s not a memoir in my recent memory that I enjoyed...
by Shel Arensen | Jan 22, 2014 | Shel Arensen
Here’s a review of one of Old Africa’s most recent titles, Red Pelican. Houghton College is pleased to announce a new book by professor emeritus Jon Arensen. The book, “The Red Pelican: Life on Africa’s Last Frontier,” is the third in an unofficial...
by Shel Arensen | Nov 6, 2013 | Shel Arensen
Book Review from the Madison Capital Times on Old Africa’s new book by Bert Adams. When Bert Adams packed up his family and left Madison for a two-year stay in the fledgling East African nation of Uganda in 1970, he took along a simple mantra. “From the day we...
by Shel Arensen | Aug 29, 2013 | Shel Arensen
Here’s an excellent book review by Jeremy Hooker on one of our recent Old Africa book titles. The review first appeared in August 2013 in the Powys Journal no XXIII and we thank the Powys Journal and Jeremy Hooker for their permission to share the book review here....
by Shel Arensen | Jan 30, 2013 | Shel Arensen
Yesterday we mailed out Old Africa issue 45, our February-March 2013 issue. Subscribers should get theirs soon and it should be for sale in Nairobi shortly as well. The magazine features a story on the Kenya Kongonis Cricket Club, which has nurtured young cricket...
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