Bob Geldof first visited Africa in 1984. The following year, Live Aid inspired a generation to raise millions for the starving in Africa. Over twenty years on, passion undiminished, Geldof returns to what he calls the Luminous Continent. This is his personal diary.

Bob Geldof celebrates the glories of Africa and its diverse peoples. Provocative, informative, funny, poignant and endlessly entertaining, Geldof supplies his own unique take on this extraordinary land. Travelling through Ghana, Benin, Mali, D. R Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Somalia he mixes adventure and anecdote to bring the colours and contradictions of Africa to life.

Bob Geldof first visited Africa in 1984

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