
Development Governor
Sir Geoffrey Colby - A Biography
Colin Baker(Author)
Bloomsbury Academic (Publisher)
Published on 28. January 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
421 pages
978-1-350-18394-0 (ISBN)
Description
This is a study of a "development governor" in Nyasaland (now Malawi) in the period leading up to decolonization and the end of empire. Geoffrey Colby came to Nyasaland at a particularly difficult time - when the important white settler community was pressing for the Central African Federation and therefore closer ties with white-dominated Southern Rhodesia, a move resisted by growing African nationalism. He was always aware of the danger of "another Mau Mau" and handled the problems associated with the decolonization process with sensitivity and vigour. The biography shows Geoffrey Colby as an efficient and humane official who was concerned above all with development issues while being aware of the tension between the economically dominant white settler community and the emerging class of African nationalists.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
490 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-18394-0 (9781350183940)
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Person
Colin Baker is research professor in the University of Glamorgan and specialises in the political and governmental history of Nyasaland and Malawi. He has written widely on his subject and has published six titles with I.B.Tauris.
Content
Early life; Nigeria; arrival in Nyasaland; development strategy; working life; relationships with officials; relationships with non-officials; posts and telecommunications; the railways; the food crisis; Africans on private estates; the African press; federation; changing relationships; departure.