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Ian Mathie is the author of the African Memoir series of books, published by Mosaique Press.

Recorded in notebooks kept during his years working as a rural development officer, his stories offer a unique view of Africa from the inside. Illustrating the intimate lives of the communities he lived and worked amongst and revealing facets of their cultures seldom seen by outsiders and the uninitiated, his writing will transport you deep into the hinterland and keep you reading right to the end.

Tim Butcher, the Daily Telegraph's former Africa bureau chief and best selling author of 'Blood River' and 'Chasing the Devil' describes Bride Price as:

"A wonderfully evocative account of a lost time in Africa before political, genocidal maelstroms reframed the way the continent is perceived. Writing with great sensitivity and authenticity, Mathie enriches our understanding not just of the people but of the human spirit that thrives there."

Bride Price, was published on 31st January 2011 and was followed on 14th July 2011 by the second volume, Man in a Mud Hut.

Ian's other books include The Man of Passage, a collection of true stories about unusual and bizarre experiences in Africa during the 1970s and early 80s and a volume of light hearted poetry, called Keep Taking The Pills, which was written to stave off the boredom and frustration of hospital life after receiving a renal transplant.

And there are more African memoirs to be published soon.

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