Memories of Mali

Some time back in early 2006, Toast Coetzer’s phone rang. On the line was Bun Booyens, the founding editor of Weg. (The first issue of go! – the English sister title of Weg –would only be published later that year.)

“Toast, do you want to go to Mali?” Bun asked.

The Toyota Fortuner had just been launched in South Africa and an epic expedition had been dreamt up