Bight of Biafra as "Biafar" (Biafra) was located in present-day Cameroon. The Bight of Biafra extends east of the Bight of Benin from the River Delta of the Niger in the north until it reaches Cape Lopez in Gabon. Besides the Niger River, other rivers reaching the bay are the Cross River, Calabar River, Ndian, Wouri, Sanaga, Nyong River, Ntem, Mbia, Mbini, Muni and Komo River. The main islands in the Bay are Bioko and Príncipe; other important islands are Ilhéu Bom Bom, Ilhéu Caroço, Elobey Grande and Elobey Chico. Countries located at the Bight of Bonny are Nigeria (eastern coast), Cameroon, Equatorial
In the Heart of the Country the 1977 British version, the 1977 American version which was the same but published under the title "From The Heart Of The Country", and the 1978 South African version. In the South African version the novel's dialogue is in Afrikaans. The novel was awarded the 1977 CNA Prize. Marion Hänsel directed a motion picture adaptation, "Dust," in 1985. In the Heart of the Country In the Heart of the Country (1977) is an early novel by South African-born writer J. M. Coetzee. The book is one of Coetzee's more experimental novels and is narrated through 266 numbered paragraphs rather than