{"product_id":"9781468305890","title":"The Ukimwi Road: From Kenya to Zimbabwe","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree thousand miles by bicycle through Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e In January 1992, Dervla Murphy prescribed herself several carefree months and embarked on a cycle tour (pedaling and pushing) from Kenya to Zimbabwe via Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia on the cyclist’s equivalent of a Rolls Royce called Lear. Before long, she realized that for travelers who wish to remain stress-free, Africa is the wrong continent. Inevitably she was caught up in the harrowing problems of the peoples she met; the devastating effects of AIDS (ukimwi is Swahili for AIDS), drought and economic collapse; skepticism about Western “aid schemes”; and corruption and incompetence, both white and black.","brand":"The Overlook Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141469913328,"sku":"9781468305890","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781468305890_p0.jpg?v=1763695197","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781468305890","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}