Africa's Top Geological Sites (Paperback)

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"First of its kind covering the whole of Africa" by sarien L. - 17 September 2016

Let me first declare my interest - I made a tiny contribution to this book. All the authors that contributed made it absolutely voluntary without any remuneration. It is a work of love for our fantastic continent. It was published as part of the International Geological Congress held this year (2016) in Cape Town - only the 3rd time that this conference is hosted in Africa. The book provides an introduction in the geology of Africa and this is important for the laymen. The book is beautifully illustrated with mostly photo's from the authors private records. The editors did an excellent job of combining the range of styles into a standard format and easy to read work. This book make you want to travel to off the beaten track destinations but also to revisit more icon places to have a better understanding of what you are actually looking at. Pity more sites could not have been included. Also pity only available in paperback as it would have made an excellent hard cover coffee table book. The joy of this book is that it not only cover the geological features but a certain emphasis was on geoheritage which include the heritage components of the sites described.