Remnants of an Empire: Memory and Northern Rhodesiaís White Diaspora

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Gadsden Publishers, Feb 7, 2015 - History - 288 pages
When Zambia became Independent in 1964, the white colonial population did not suddenly evaporate. Some had supported Independence, others had virulently opposed it, but all had to reappraise their nationality, residence and careers. A few became Zambian citizens and many more chose to stay while without committing themselves. But most of the colonial population eventually trickled out of the country to start again elsewhere. Pamela Charmer-Smith has traced survivors of this population to discover how new lives where constructed and new perspectives generated. Her account draws on the power of postcolonial memory to understand the many ways that copper miners, district officers, school-children and housewives became the empires relics. Her work is not that of a dispassionate outsider but of one who grew up in Northern Rhodesia, knew its colonial population and has considerable affection for Zambia.
 

Contents

1 INTRODUCTION
1
2 WHO WERE THE NORTHERN RHODESIANS?
9
3 ARRIVAL
27
4 WHAT WAS IT LIKE?
47
5 I FEEL SORRY FOR THE CHILDREN OF TODAY
71
6 A MANS COUNTRY?
97
7 THE POLITICAL CLIMATE
119
8 WHY DID YOU LEAVE IF YOU LIKED IT SO MUCH?
129
11 WHAT REMAINS?
213
12 TOWARDS THE END
237
13 CONCLUSION
241
ABREVIATIONS AND LOCAL TERMS
253
ACNOWLEDGEMENTS
257
RESPONDENTS
259
BIBLIOGRAPHY
267
Back cover
282

9 WHERE DID THEY ALL GO?
153
10 AN AFTERLIFE
181

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