From the Cam to the Zambezi: Colonial Service and the Path to the New Zambia

by Tony Schur (Editor)

Overview

In 1961 a group of men arrived in Cambridge to join the Overseas Services Course before going on to work in the Provincial Administration of the Northern Rhodesia Government. This book features contributions by fifteen of the original course members and three wives. They provide their account and experiences of the last years of colonial rule in Northern Rhodesia and the early years of the new nation of Zambia after it gained its independence in 1964. They shed light on the life of British overseas civil servants and their families during those years, and contain first-hand accounts of important historic events. Set against the backdrop of the Cold War and decolonisation, these varied stories offer an insight into a world on the brink of change, offering perspectives on the final years of Northern Rhodesia and the path to independence in Zambia, seen through the eyes of a young group of colonial officials and their wives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780857737281
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	09/29/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Tony Schur served as a Cadet in the Kabompo District of Zambia from 1962 to 1964.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents* Introduction
1 Mwinilunga by David Taylor
2 Abercorn, Kasama, Mporokoso, Isoka, Livingstone, Gwembe, Kabompo by D'Arcy Payne
3 Luwingu, Samfya, Broken Hill by Neil Morris
4 Mumbwa, Lundazi by Jeremy Burnham
5 Broken Hill, Abercorn, Samfya, Mporokoso by Max Keyzar
6 Choma, Lusaka, Chalimbana by Judy Mitchell
7 Mporokoso by Mick Bond
8 Kabompo by Tony Schur
9 Chingola, Elizabethville (Katanga), Lusaka by Valentine Musakanya
10 Mwinilunga by David Taylor
11 Chinsali by Mick Bond
12 Luwingu, Samfya, Broken Hill by Kate McRae (formerly Fiona Morris)
13 Mazabuka, Lusaka, Balovale, Solwezi by Rob Humphreys
14 Fort Jameson and the Kunda Valley, Lundazi by Tony Goddard
15 Balovale, Solwezi, Nchelenge, Kawambwa, Bancroft by Jonathan Leach
16 Kasempa by Paul Wigram
17 Mporokoso, Chinsali, Bancroft, Chingola, Mongu, Lusaka, Kitwe by Wendy Bond
18 Sinazongwe by John Edwards
19 Mumbwa, Broken Hill, Mkushi by John Theakstone
20 Bancroft, Chingola, Mongu, Lusaka, Kitwe by Mick Bond
21 Mkushi, Serenje by David Alexander
Appendix 1 Zambia and its People
Appendix 2 Colonial Rule and Independence
Appendix 3 Cambridge Overseas Services Course