John Hudson

A Time to Mourn

A Personal Account of the 1964 Lumpa Church Revolt in Zambia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

While Northern Rhodesia was preparing for independence as the Republic of Zambia in 1964, impoverished villages in the remote north east of the country were divided by a bitter conflict fuelled by apparently irreconcilable political and religious convictions. This book describes the origin of the dispute and how it led to skirmishes, defiance of authority, massacre, torture and displacement: a previously unreported mutiny. It is as such an important contribution to Zambian history, with a significant proportion of the material being published for the first time. The author was a district commissioner at Isoka during the time of the massacre and was personally involved in the peace settlement. He argues that the situation need not have escalated had the authorities acted to prevent it; and that for different reasons, both the colonial government and its independent successor tried to distort the gravity of what occurred.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gadsden Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 228g
• ISBN-13: 9789982241212
• ISBN-10: 9982241214
• Artikelnr.: 59260919

Autorenporträt

John Hudson loves telling stories. Through his work as a poet, vlogger, installation artist and writer, John tells stories about people, animals, flowers and himself, about towns and events, from the past and in the future, woven around myth, becoming apocrypha, funny or sad. His work as editor, critic, arts commentator and events organiser has provided a platform for artists and communities, cultures and buildings to emerge, flourish and tell their own story. John has written seven poetry collections.