Have you ever dreamed of settling in Africa one day? Not traveling to Africa, but settling in Africa? Although the African continent attracts many people with its virginity, rich natural life and diversity, this attraction is about traveling and exploring, rather than going and settling. Meltem, on the other hand, decides that she wants to live there after a trip to Africa, which has been her dream since her childhood, and packs her bag and settles in Uganda. Dancing with the Pygmies, Meltem Yasar The story of the adventurous woman named after moving to Africa and her book about her experiences in the months after she moved. Dance with the Pygmies Although it is Meltem's second book, it is her first travel book. Contrary to expectations, his first book is a finance book.
Who is Meltem Yaşar?
Meltem Yaşar was born in Adana, the youngest daughter of a civil servant family with many children. She completed the university in Metu, her master's degree in England and continued her career in big companies in Turkey. She decided to settle in Uganda after a safari in Africa, where she was shot by the documentaries she watched in her childhood, the magazines and books she read. After living in Uganda for 12 years, she now lives in Olympos, Turkey. In Uganda, which she still loves, she organizes safari tours to different geographies of Uganda and Africa.
Leaving your friends, family and all your order behind and settling in Uganda, in the heart of Africa… Moreover, in a place where there is no one you know or trust… Overcoming all this and starting a life there is the adventure itself…
About the Book of Dance with the Pygmies
The book Dance with the Pygmies starts with Meltem's safari in Uganda, and tells about her decision to settle in Uganda, the process of moving and the "settlement" period of about 1 year after she moved.
When we read the book Dancing with the Pygmies, we don't just read about the beauties of that geography and human stories. Meltem's mood swings, her struggle to hold on in a new country, her love life, her friendships, her experiences between returning and staying.
Dancing with the Pygmies is not a travel guide or a travel book. A human story that will fuel your desire to go to Africa incredibly. There is a literary flavor in this book that we cannot find in other travel books. I read my books before going to bed at night and I spent 3 nights without sleep until I finished this book because people don't want to leave the book.
At this time, I have a high motivation not to postpone dreams and to follow them to the end. This book fueled my motivation. Although travel books have such an effect in general, Meltem's story is much more than a situation where I took my bag and left, traveled and came. The story of I took my bag and went and settled… How many people do you know who settled in Africa?
Of course, I will not pass without criticism 🙂 While reading the book, I looked for a few photos, albeit in black and white. Maybe because we are used to visual support in travel books. After all, Yaşar Kemal does not write so that we have pages of description and imagine the place described down to the smallest detail.
The book is just the beginning of Meltem's story, so it feels unfinished. We had just started, I couldn't help but say why the book ended. Since I know Meltem from social media, "Where is the rest of the book?" I asked him too. I think there will be more coming soon.
You can get the Dancing with Pygmies book from online booksellers. As with many travel books, it may not be easy to find this book in bookstores.