Zambia Then and Now: Colonial Rulers and Their African Successors

ISBN-13: 9780710313430 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 310 str.

Peter Garside

Opis

Written by a member of the last generation of British Colonial Service Officers in Africa, the book seeks to place both colonial rulers and their African successors in the context of history and the circumstances of their time, viewing their achievements and failures critically but not unsympathetically and comparing colonial society with that of the independent African country that Northern Rhodesia has become. Colonialism is viewed at the day to day level of the administration of a rural district by four officers and a handful of African district messengers, who worked together without even a telephone to assist them. With a wealth of detail that can only come from experience, Grant's work makes an important contribution to the understanding of a time, place, period and practices that are only now being considered in a balanced way.

Spis treści

Part A: Memoirs of a Colonial District Officer, 1958 To 1961  1. Beginnings  2. People and Powers  3. The Place  4. Law and Order  5. The Job  6. Africans  7. District Officer on Tour  8. Events  9. Domestic Arrangements and Pastimes  10. Reflections  11. Endings  Part B: From British Colony to Independence and Beyond  12. Zambian Politics, 1950 to 2006  Part C: Zambia Now: Impressions of a Retired District Officer, Returning 45 Years Later  13. Diary of a Bwana Who Came Back, from June 24th to July 25th, 2006  14. Zambia’s Economy  15. From Then to Now: What Has Changed

O autorze

William Grant studied History at Edinburgh University, Scotland, and was, from 1958 to 1961, one of the last generation of British Colonial Service Officers in what was then Northern Rhodesia. After leaving the service, he has taught History, Economics and Politics in Scotland, Canada, China and Switzerland.