Africa's Great Rift Valley

Nigel Pavitt has spent four decades in East Africa, as army officer, business chief executive, entrepreneur, photographer and traveler. He has flown, driven, and hiked thousands of miles across its plains, through its forests, and up its mountains, camping in remote areas and experiencing its seasons in all conditions. Mr. Pavitt has published three previous books about Africa, two containing his photographs of tribal life and one on the early explorers of East Africa. He has been honored with an MBE (Member of the British Empire) awarded by Queen Elizabeth II in 1965 and an OGW (Order of the Grand Warrior) presented by the President of Kenya in 1993. A Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, London, he lives in NairobiPavitt, Nigel is the author of 'Africa's Great Rift Valley' with ISBN 9780810906020 and ISBN 0810906023.