Carl William Henn

Carl William Henn disappeared into Africa over 40 years ago only to return home in time for the COVID pandemic Carl, author of the new travel memoir, My Two Centuries in Africa, started life like a lot of us: Just another kid from the heartland of America. He should have stayed home and just lived a normal life. But he escaped his birth fate; you can too. Carl first ventured into North Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer in Marrakesh, Morocco, one of the most ancient, exotic, and exciting cities in the world. He lived in the medina, the old city of Marrakesh, a mythical walled citadel over 1,000 years old. In Morocco, Carl worked with children who had had polio, and who needed extensive and difficult physical rehabilitation and surgery in order to be able to walk. This experience convinced him to pursue a career in public health, preventing diseases. Carl has since had a career global health professional, working in or on health matters in Africa, focusing on the HIV/AIDS epidemic over the last 20 years. He has visited and worked in more than half of the 54 nations in Africa. But Carl is not the hero of the story. He is simply a narrator, passing through the vast landscape of Africa, meeting people, making friends, and learning valuable life lessons along the way, often stumbling into danger and humorous misadventures. Having survived 40 years working in or on Africa, without ever getting malaria, Carl wants to set the record straight on Africa. It is not all war, poverty, and disease. It is not just a game park for wealthy foreigners to go on safari and see all the wild animals. If Carl has learned anything, it would be to go to Africa with an open mind, be curious, show interest in the people you meet, and realize that we all have a lot to learn. - Amazingly, the continent of Africa is home to 1 billion people. Real, live people, just like you and me. - Many Americans still believe the news media claim that Africa is all poverty, war, and disease - We aren't really that different. Africans also seek a good education and work hard for a living. - Africans have families, and they strive for a better life. Come to Africa. Say hello. Visit a while.