Beginning in South Africa, she travels through deserts, over mountains and across grassy plains. All along the way, she is accompanied by family and friends. She stays in hotels and hovels, breakfasts with a giraffe and hangs out with baboons, and meets a host of colourful characters who all can?t help but be drawn to the charming, white-haired octogenarian in their midst.My African Conquest is a funny, feel-good story about adventuring through life ? and never acting your age.