About Cafe d'Afrique

Perth based author Tineke Van der Eecken was born in Belgium, where she studied Criminology. During the 1990s she lived and worked in Zambia where, in addition to working for various government and non-government organizations, she helped run a restaurant offering authentic Zambian cuisine, music and dance. Van der Eecken writes with generosity, frankness and insight; consequently her own character and the others she depicts, such as the wonderful culinary genius Mrs Banda, are revealed in all their flawed beauty against a shifting backdrop of social, political and cultural perceptions and realities. Part-memoir, part-travelogue, part-coming-of-age story, Cafe d'Afrique is a book about making friends, not just with people but with a country."

William Yeoman, The West Australian.

 

The author is working a new edition for 2012, which will include the music from Cafe d'Afrique, recipes and more!

 

 

Image: Book cover with image by Ian Murphy