{"id":544,"date":"2022-09-12T00:01:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T00:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masobebooks.com\/ng\/?post_type=product&#038;p=544"},"modified":"2025-11-03T18:59:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:59:39","slug":"an-african-abroad","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/masobebooks.com\/ng\/book\/an-african-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"An African Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;When Ajala is not escaping an assassination attempt and dodging the bullets of eager security agents around the Duke of Edinburgh in Sydney, he is crashing his scooter, amid a hail of gunfire, through a border between Jordan and Israel\u2014or he is cutting through security to shake the hands of Nikita Khrushchev. And when Ajala is not trying \u2018African ju-ju\u2019 on pretty Russian girls, he is enjoying a tense audience with Golda Meir in Israel and hobnobbing with F\u00fanmil\u00e1y\u1ecd\u0300 Ransome-K\u00fat\u00ec in Moscow. \\n\\nThe Original One-Man Daredevil-Traveller, Moshood \u1eccl\u00e1b\u00eds\u00ed \u00c0j\u00e0l\u00e1 saw it all, did it all, and lived to tell the tale. Now back in print for the first time since 1963, here are the travel stories of his trips around Europe, the Middle East, and Australia as told by the man himself. This new edition comes with a preface by K\u1ecd\u0301l\u00e1 T\u00fab\u1ecd\u0300s\u00fan and a foreword by Joane \u00c0j\u00e0l\u00e1.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:13185,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:11}\">When Ajala is not escaping an assassination attempt and dodging the bullets of eager security agents around the Duke of Edinburgh in Sydney, he is crashing his scooter, amid a hail of gunfire, through a border between Jordan and Israel\u2014or he is cutting through security to shake the hands of Nikita Khrushchev. 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