" I am very old,’ he said gravely. He added, as a matter of course: ‘I’m glad to die in Africa.’
'And why?'
'Because this is where mankind began. The cradle of humanity is in Nyasaland. It’s been pretty well proved.’
'Odd reason.’
'One dies better at home.'
'Yet another one, I thought, who’s trying to find a home on earth. "

― Romain Gary , The Roots of Heaven