ALMOST SLEEPING MY WAY TO TIMBUKTU, West Africa on a shoestring by public transport with no French

287 pp., map, paperback, Cape Town, 2013

Sihle Khumalo travelled from Dakar in Senegal to Cape Coast in Ghana via Mali, Burkina Faso and Benin with the aim of visiting five World Heritage Sites listed by UNESCO.

Sihle Khumalo is also the author of "Dark Continent, My Black Arse" and "Heart of Africa". He lives in Johannesburg.