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Author:

Colman, S. J.

Title:

East Africa in the fifties : a view of late imperial life / S.J. Colman.

Publisher:

Radcliffe Press ;

Copyright Date:

1998

Description:

viii, 184 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Africa, East--History.
Colman, S. J.
British--Africa, East--Biography.
Britisch-Ostafrika.
Colman, S. J.
British.
Africa, East.
Geschichte 1953-1959.
Erlebnisbericht.
Biography.
History.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Time to Leave. Learning Fast -- Baruas at Breakfast -- "Hue and Cry" -- Moonflowers and Chameleons -- Living Exotically -- Dukas -- "Facing Mount Kenya" -- Pastimes -- Clubs and Snobs -- An East African Mrs Beeton's -- Ceremonial Occasions -- Ordeal by Garden Party -- Bonnie King Freddie -- "Why Abunwazi Went to Gaol" -- Wildlife and Diseases -- Firearms, Settlers, Milk and Sex -- Uncommon Tasks -- Getting About in East Africa -- Mau-Mau Kenya -- Kilimanjaro and Dar -- Isle of Cloves -- Jobs for Africans -- "Elephants Have Right of Way" -- Kenya's Highlands and Coast -- With the Lepers in South-Western Uganda -- "Out" and "Home" -- Time to Leave.

ISBN:

9781860642357
1860642357

OCLC:

(OCoLC)38860069

LCCN:

98207877

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)