Harmony and Discord in Africa: Memories of Childhood in Southern Rhodesia by Mark Huleatt-James

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215mm x 137mm x 25mm

Pages: 256

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 way. Europeans in Southern Rhodesia felt confident and increasingly prosperous. Providing a unique portrait of the final years of empire in Africa, this book is an enlightening and entertaining read.