Kaunda's Gaoler: Memoirs of a District Officer in Northern Rhodesia and Zambia

by E. Cyril Greenall, David G. Coe, D. G. Coe

Overview

African nationalist leaders used to joke about a spell in a British colonial prison as being an essential rite of passage in the struggle for independence and leadership of the new state. This is the memoir of a district officer in Northern Rhodesia, from his arrival in the territory in 1944 through the 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. This is the story of British colonial administration and the daily round of a District Officer's life during the nationalist struggle and the formative period of an independent African state and of a close and enduring friendship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781860648625
Publisher:	I. B.Tauris & Company, Limited
Publication date:	03/19/2003
Series:	Radcliffe Press
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.64(w) x 8.84(h) x 1.03(d)

About the Author

E. Cyril Greenall joined the Colonial and Overseas Service in 1943 and served as a District Officer in Northern Rhodesia and later in Zambia's post-independence government.
David G. Coe attended Imperial College University of London, worked as a research chemist, consultant and technical writer.

Table of Contents

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