Sudan Days (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
320
Utgivningsdatum
2016-01-28
Upplaga
UK ed.
Förlag
Matador
Dimensioner
235 x 156 x 15 mm
Vikt
438 g
ISBN
9781785890246

Sudan Days

av Richard Owen
Häftad,  Engelska, 2016-01-28

Slutsåld

Sudan Days gives a grass roots picture of British colonial rule in Africa in the second quarter of the twentieth century. In 1926, at the age of twenty-three, the author was posted to the Sudan, which was then an Anglo-Egyptian condominium, administered jointly by Britain and Egypt. Over the next 25 years, he rose through the ranks to become Governor of Bahr al-Ghazal, the province in the far south-west, and he grew to love the local tribes, who went about (as he put it) 'starko' and fought each other with spears and sticks. He himself moved freely among them, trekking on his camel, George, as he visited Government outposts, police stations and so on, apparently impervious to the pulverising heat, which was often 40 DegreesC in the shade. He describes many extraordinary scenes, not least that of watching Dinka tribesmen enlist the help of hippos in their fishing. In the 1950s, however, he became disillusioned by international plans to create a single state when the country achieved independence, believing that South Sudan should have special status - which it did not achieve until 2011 - and in 1953 he resigned. He wrote these reminiscences during the 1960s, but they have remained unpublished until now - perhaps because he was so disappointed at seeing all the work the British had done thrown away, and the Sudan descend into a maelstrom of revolution and war. Sudan Days will appeal to those with an interest in Sudanese history, and the way in which the country was shaped by colonial influence in the 1920s-1950s.
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Richard Owen served as a colonial officer in Sudan for nearly 30 years. He was the last governor of Bahr al-Ghazal before Sudan gained independence in 1956.

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