Kaunda's Gaoler: Memoirs of a District Officer in Northern Rhodesia and Zambia
This is a moving and important memoir of a district officer in Northern Rhodesia, from his arrival in the territory in 1944 and through the momentous period leading to Zambian independence. It includes a spell as Kenneth Kaunda's 'gaoler' during which a personal friendship grew up and flourished, and ends with an appointment to the President's Office in post-independence Zambia. It is the story of British colonial administration-the 'daily round' of a district officer's life-the nationalist...
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This is a moving and important memoir of a district officer in Northern Rhodesia, from his arrival in the territory in 1944 and through the momentous period leading to Zambian independence. It includes a spell as Kenneth Kaunda's 'gaoler' during which a personal friendship grew up and flourished, and ends with an appointment to the President's Office in post-independence Zambia. It is the story of British colonial administration-the 'daily round' of a district officer's life-the nationalist struggle and the formative period of an independent African state and, most importantly, one of close and enduring friendship.
The Letter • Indoctrination in Lusaka • Kasama • Ulendo and Witchcraft • Kawambwa • Mporokoso – An Idyllic Interlude • Secretariat • Leave • Luwingu • Broken Hill • Ndola and Kitwe • Kabompo – The Garden of Eden • Distant Thunder • Confined in The Garden of Eden • Tribal Troubles in Kabompo • Ndola Rural • Kwacha! – Zambian Dawn • Ndola – Yet Again! • The Missing Minister • Finale
