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Our Private Africa: A Memoir of Faith, Trust, & Discovery YA_Gift_Guide From the New York TimesIn the summer of 1980, Samuel Hall, a successful American architect, uprooted his comfortable life in Oregon to pursue a government contract in the small, mountainous kingdom of Lesotho in southern Africa. In these pages, Hall recounts a two year journey that would test his faith, challenge his beliefs, and reshape his worldview forever. Blending vivid storytelling with introspective reflections, Our Private Africa chronicles the family's adventures