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Harmony and Discord in Africa: Memories of Childhood in Southern Rhodesia
Mark Huleatt-James
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Description for Harmony and Discord in Africa: Memories of Childhood in Southern Rhodesia
Hardcover. Providing a unique portrait of the final years of empire in Africa, this book is an enlightening and entertaining read. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 integrated bw. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJPG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784533120
SKU
V9781784533120
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About Mark Huleatt-James
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.
Reviews for Harmony and Discord in Africa: Memories of Childhood in Southern Rhodesia
'This is an important work. It is a gentle, humorous memoir of an idyllic coming of age in post- World War II Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) and is also a poignant tribute to a vanished age of family and community. But it is also a reminder of white settlerism's last gleaming before the pent-up grievances of the repressed African majority would ... Read more