A Story That Takes Place Mostly in Africa

Beautiful Africa…

Africa is a good place within which to locate a story. The vast diversity of the continent lends itself to an immense scope of possible scenarios and situations in which to place your characters.

In Kenya, my land of birth, there is a fabulous variety of scenery and landscape.  From Mount Kenya, snow-capped and majestic and the highest point in the country, the alpine scenery changes as the countryside runs down towards the coast. There are great forests, hills and awe-inspiring valleys, lakes, lush plains, arid land and savannah before reaching a stunning coast line.

Zambia, too, is a beautiful place, but apart from some notable exceptions like Victoria Falls, the great Zambezi River and Lake Kariba, her beauty is more elusive. Miombo woodland coves large areas of the country, but nestled within this attractive woodland there are beautiful sun-filled glades and rocky kopjes. There are also many lakes and vast floodplains and the country is immense and wild, so it gives one a sense of freedom and liberty.

But my story isn’t confined to Kenya and Zambia in Africa. Within the pages of God’s Timing, we are also transported to ancient Egypt in 1700 B.C. at the time Joseph lived there, and to Samaria in the seventh century B.C to learn about the ten tribes of Israel that were conquered by the Assyrians and consequently thought to be lost.

Britain also features in the story–both modern and ancient Britain.

During the iron-age in the first century, Britain was a cold, dull inhospitable island and the folk who resided there lived in the foggy darkness of superstitious ignorance. Also, they were at war with the Roman invaders, so it was not a nice place in which to live.

Later a more modern Britain enters the story, it is the twentieth century and once again they are at war when they inexplicably manage to pull an amazing victory out of a disastrous situation.