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Out On a Limb: A Vice-Consul and Labour Officer at Fernando Poo by Christopher Hanson-Smith (Administrative Officer, Nigeria 1950-59)

Out On a Limb: A Vice-Consul and Labour Officer at Fernando Poo by Christopher Hanson-Smith (Administrative Officer, Nigeria 1950-59)

Fernando Po from N.E. As District officers were expected to meet - and welcome - every new challenge that confronted …

Taharka the Historian July 29, 2022
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Why Did a Conservative Government Signal the End of Empire in Africa? by Thomas Harbor

Why Did a Conservative Government Signal the End of Empire in Africa? by Thomas Harbor

As John Darwin noted, ‘before 1939 it was usual to suppose that even if the pattern of rule in the colonial world w…

Taharka the Historian July 28, 2022
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Sir Andrew Cohen and the End of Empire by Tommy Gee (Administrative Officer, Uganda 1949 - 65)

Sir Andrew Cohen and the End of Empire by Tommy Gee (Administrative Officer, Uganda 1949 - 65)

In 1985 Brian Lapping wrote  End of Empire , a masterful account based on his TV series starting with India, The Jewe…

Taharka the Historian July 27, 2022
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Mutiny by the Tanganyika Army by K.H. Khan Lodhi (Tanganyika Police, 1950-70)

Mutiny by the Tanganyika Army by K.H. Khan Lodhi (Tanganyika Police, 1950-70)

John Okello On 12 January 1964 there was a Revolution in the newly independent state of Zanzibar, ruled by the Sultan…

Taharka the Historian July 26, 2022
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In Our Defence: Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service by John H. Smith, CBE (Administrative Officer, Nigeria 1951-70)

In Our Defence: Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service by John H. Smith, CBE (Administrative Officer, Nigeria 1951-70)

University College, Ibadan Recent articles in the  Overseas Pensioner  have challenged anti-colonial comments particu…

Taharka the Historian July 25, 2022
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District Officer in Tanganyika 1956-60 by Dick Eberlie

District Officer in Tanganyika 1956-60 by Dick Eberlie

Introduction In the following pages I relate the story of four years between September 1956 when I went up to Oxford …

Taharka the Historian July 24, 2022
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