UBUNTU: ONE WOMAN’S MOTORCYCLE ODYSSEY ACROSS AFRICA
Book ID/图书代码： 01899516B88202
English Summary/英文概要： As you travel Africa, you will find the way of ubuntu – the universal bond that connects all of humanity as one.
At the age of twenty-eight, while sitting in a friend’s backyard in the remote mining township of Jabiru, Heather Ellis has a light-bulb moment: she is going to ride a motorcycle across Africa. The idea just feels right – no matter that she’s never done any long-distance motorcycle travelling before, and has never even set foot on the African continent. Twelve months later, Heather unloads her Yamaha TT600 at the docks in Durban, South Africa, and her adventure begins.
Her travels take her to the dizzying heights of Mt Kilimanjaro and the Rwenzori Mountains, to the deserts of northern Kenya where she is befriended by armed bandits and rescued by Turkana fishermen, to a stand-off with four Ugandan men intent on harm, and to a voyage on a "floating village" on the mighty Zaire River. Everywhere she goes Heather is aided by locals and travellers alike, who take her into their homes and hearts, helping her to truly understand the spirit of ubuntu – a Bantu word meaning "I am because you are".
Ubuntu is the extraordinary story of a young woman who, alone and against all odds, rode a motorcycle to some of the world’s most remote, beautiful and dangerous places.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当你前往非洲，你就会发现乌班图——一种让全人类紧密联系在一起的精神境界。
28岁时的Heather Ellis有一天坐在位于偏僻的矿镇Jabiru的朋友家的后院，突然灵感闪现：她要骑摩托车穿越非洲。这个主意看起来很不错，只不过那时候她从未进行过任何长距离的摩托车旅行，还有她从来没有去过非洲。一年以后，她在南非的Durban码头收到了雅马哈TT600型摩托车，她的冒险开始了。
在路上，她爬过乞力马扎罗山和鲁文佐里山脉；她在肯尼亚北部的沙漠被迫与武装匪徒同行，但最终被图尔卡纳渔民所救；她与试图伤害她的四个乌干达人对峙；她还在伟大的扎伊尔河上拜访了“浮村”。无论走到哪里，Heather都得到了当地人以及游客的帮助，带她到自己的家园、和她敞开心扉，帮助她真正了解了乌班图精神。乌班图在班图语中的意思就是“你待我以真，我报你以诚”。
本书讲述了一个年轻女子独自排除万难、骑摩托车前往世界上一些最偏远、美丽、危险的地方的不凡的故事。（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况：本书是一本感人的回忆录，记录了一个不凡的女子的一段不凡的经历。Heather Ellis在书中用幽默的笔触描写了她最大胆的冒险和最深刻的斗争，也写出了她的心、勇气和优雅。我为书中的每一页着迷。（Cheryl Strayed，著有《Wild》）
"Ubuntu is an inspiring memoir about an extraordinary journey taken by an exceptional woman. Heather Ellis writes about her most daring adventures and deepest struggles with humour, heart, guts and grace. I was enthralled by every page." – Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild
"Most of us wouldn’t take a motorcycle solo through Africa. Or remember much about what we were saying, smelling, believing or hoping twenty years ago. Heather Ellis did that, and has written a remarkable book about it too. She tells her story vividly and honestly, taking us through fields, national parks, into towns and down red-mud tracks, meeting other travellers and working with locals, eating rice and fish, honing her self-belief and increasing our respect for her with every day on the road. This is a really fascinating and compelling tale, told well. For anyone who has ever doubted themselves, Ubuntu has a message: there is a way through, down a road you haven’t travelled yet." – Kate Holden, author of In Her Skin
About the Author/作者介绍： Heather Ellis曾是辐射安全技术人员、摩托车快递员、News Ltd的记者以及一个非政府组织的公关记者。她和三个孩子一起住在墨尔本附近，目前撰写本书的续集，同时是自由撰稿人和职业演讲家。她还在骑摩托车。
Heather Ellis has worked as a radiation safety technician, a motorcycle courier, a journalist for News Ltd and in communications for an NGO. She lives near Melbourne with her three children, and is currently writing the sequel to Ubuntu while working as a freelance journalist and professional speaker. And she still rides motorcycles.
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