Harmony and Discord in Africa
Memories of Childhood in Southern Rhodesia
Seiten
2015
Radcliffe Press (Verlag)
978-1-78453-312-0 (ISBN)
Radcliffe Press (Verlag)
978-1-78453-312-0 (ISBN)
Providing a unique portrait of the final years of empire in Africa, this book is an enlightening and entertaining read.
In 1949, newlyweds Tom and Angela Huleatt-James left war-torn Europe for a new life in Africa. Fleeing the grey skies of post-war Britain, they were attracted to the idea of farming in Southern Rhodesia and determined to work there for a better future. In this book, their son Mark tells the story of their adventures in Africa and his childhood and education in Southern Rhodesia. This was the time when European hegemony in the area was at its zenith. The difficult years of the Great Depression and World War II were over and an agricultural and commodities boom was under way. Mark Huleatt-James details his memories of being a young child in this period - from a love of wildlife to the social life enjoyed by Europeans at the time.
In 1949, newlyweds Tom and Angela Huleatt-James left war-torn Europe for a new life in Africa. Fleeing the grey skies of post-war Britain, they were attracted to the idea of farming in Southern Rhodesia and determined to work there for a better future. In this book, their son Mark tells the story of their adventures in Africa and his childhood and education in Southern Rhodesia. This was the time when European hegemony in the area was at its zenith. The difficult years of the Great Depression and World War II were over and an agricultural and commodities boom was under way. Mark Huleatt-James details his memories of being a young child in this period - from a love of wildlife to the social life enjoyed by Europeans at the time.
Mark Huleatt-James was a solicitor and partner in a City of London law firm until his retirement in 2009. He was born in 1950 in what was then Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia and lived in Africa until 1972. He is a director of ILFA, a charitable organisation set up for the purpose of building legal excellence in Africa.
Preface
Into Africa
European Pre-eminence
Berry’s Post and Some Early History
Raffingora
Ballymakosa
Communications and Music in Africa
Salisbury
Rhodesian Social
Ruzawi
Independent Thinking
Operation Noah
Getting About
Wild Friends
Visits
Rare Folk, Misfits and Odd Balls
European Excursion
Loss and Independence
Peterhouse and Prejudice
Kanyemba
Denouement
Note on Governance, Politics and Economy
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.7.2015 |
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Zusatzinfo | 17 integrated bw |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 405 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78453-312-2 / 1784533122 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78453-312-0 / 9781784533120 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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