TAKKA TAKKA BOM BOM, a South African war correspondent's story

399pp., b/w & colour illus., map, paperback, Cape Town, 2022

Memoir of war correspondent, documentary filmmaker and author Al J. Venter. He has reported on over 25 wars.

Al Venter (b. 1938) served as an African and Middle East correspondent for various publications in the stable of Britain's Jane's Information Group. His books include The Last of Africa's Cold War Conflicts, Portuguese Guinea and its guerilla insurgency; Gunship Ace, the wars of Neill Ellis, helicopter pilot and mercenary; Portugal's Guerilla Wars in Africa; War in Angola; Africa at War; The Chopper Boys, Mercenaries: Putting the world to rights with hired guns and War Dogs.