The African

<p>A century ago a Rhodes Scholar from The United States is befriended by a student from Africa.  These two students form an unlikely friendship at Oxford university and become life-long friends.<br />     Years later the American seeks out his black friend in colonial Africa and falls in love with the Dark Continent.  A brief love affair produces a white child causing Andreas’ odyssey to take a turn into the next generation.  The motherless white child is placed in the care of the black man’s family.<br />     Two boys one white one black are raised as brothers despite the outrage of the white over-lords.<br />     Violence spiced with the slave trade romance and pre WWII Africa are the backdrop for this compelling story of a world separated by the color of one’s skin.<br />     The heart-warming humanity and the harmony of the races are the focus of this Author’s history; skillfully told in this historic setting.  This adventure gives the reader a look into the past and how  it influences present-day Africa.</p>