Introduction to "FATHER AFRICA, MOTHER NILE... New. Amazon paperback and Kindle

Africa... and ancient Egypt. What was the connection between Africa and Egypt for a writer of mystery? The Nile runs through it.

This book is about the creative and spiritual wellsprings of the ‘old Africa’ and ancient Egypt. It's common to think of ancient Egypt as somehow existing in a geographic bubble, but having lived much of my life in central and southern Africa, I feel a strong sense of Africa in Egypt and yes, a sense of Egypt in the rest of Africa. As my fictional archaeologist and Egyptologist character Anson Hunter remarks: “Intriguingly, the famous ancient Egyptian queen Hatshepsut sent a carved stone statue of herself to the distant land of Punt in Africa and I’ve often pictured it sitting somewhere, a milky stone queen of Egypt dreaming in the African bush, perhaps sparking legends of a white queen in darkest Africa. I read too much Rider Haggard as a child.”

Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut, famous for her African trading expedition to the land of Punt.