2011
13
kwi
www.afrykanowaka.pl
Kongo, Boundji
Przejechano 8754 km
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After RDC and 500 km in RC I have met with Sztafeta Nowaka. Polish expedition folowing Kazimierz Nowak footsteps in Africa.
Hire is some info about this great man:
Kazimierz Nowak – an explorer, reporter and photographer. From 1931 to 1936, he travelled alone across Africa, from Tripoli to the Cape Agulhas and back to the North to Algiers.
He traversed a distance of 40,000 kilometers, mainly by bicycle but also on foot, horseback, canoe and camel. He described his five-year journey in impressive reportages, which were currently published in Polish and foreign newspapers.
The story of Kazimierz Nowak is unique, especially because of the fact that he recognized and described the culture and wildlife of Africa with great sensitivity, giving the indigenous people their due respect, against the colonial ideology. On the other hand, his reports are extremely authentic, without a hint of political correctness. That’s why he couldn’t count on any financial support from the colonial governances and he realized his trip by his own – very modest – financial resources, received from the fees earned working as a press correspondent and, from time to time, as a photographer.
The conditions of his journey were extremely difficult. Several times he miraculously escaped death, wandering in the desert, whether defending against attack by wild animals and finally drowning in the foaming water of the Kassai river. Only thanks to Kazimierz Nowak’s extraordinary fortitude his expedition finally ended successfully and he realized his life’s dream.
He never wrote the book by himself. Unfortunately he died a year after returning home from pneumonia. The illness was a complication of many tropical deases.
More info about the expedition and the Kazimierz Nowak on www.afrykanowaka.pl or www.kazimierznowak.pl.
After RDC and 500 km in RC I have met with Sztafeta Nowaka. Polish expedition folowing Kazimierz Nowak footsteps in Africa.
Hire is some info about this great man:
Kazimierz Nowak – an explorer, reporter and photographer. From 1931 to 1936, he travelled alone across Africa, from Tripoli to the Cape Agulhas and back to the North to Algiers.
He traversed a distance of 40,000 kilometers, mainly by bicycle but also on foot, horseback, canoe and camel. He described his five-year journey in impressive reportages, which were currently published in Polish and foreign newspapers.
The story of Kazimierz Nowak is unique, especially because of the fact that he recognized and described the culture and wildlife of Africa with great sensitivity, giving the indigenous people their due respect, against the colonial ideology. On the other hand, his reports are extremely authentic, without a hint of political correctness. That’s why he couldn’t count on any financial support from the colonial governances and he realized his trip by his own – very modest – financial resources, received from the fees earned working as a press correspondent and, from time to time, as a photographer.
The conditions of his journey were extremely difficult. Several times he miraculously escaped death, wandering in the desert, whether defending against attack by wild animals and finally drowning in the foaming water of the Kassai river. Only thanks to Kazimierz Nowak’s extraordinary fortitude his expedition finally ended successfully and he realized his life’s dream.
He never wrote the book by himself. Unfortunately he died a year after returning home from pneumonia. The illness was a complication of many tropical deases.
More info about the expedition and the Kazimierz Nowak on www.afrykanowaka.pl or www.kazimierznowak.pl.
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