No Fixed Abode
A Jewish Odyssey to Africa
Published on 30. January 2005
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-85043-626-3 (ISBN)
Description
Peter Fraenkel here gives a vivid account of a childhood in a middle-class, non-observant Jewish family in Nazi Germany, forced to emigrate to Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia) in 1939. Here the contrast could hardly be greater, from persecuted Jew, to 'enemy alien' in colonial Northern Rhodesia, to re-assimilation into the privileged colonial elite. Following education in Northern and Southern Rhodesia he worked for the Northern Rhodesian and later, Central Broadcasting Service. Here his pioneering work and support for racial equality in a deeply racist society connected with his earlier life - 'no fixed abode' but in tune with humane liberalism.
Reviews / Votes
Africa Book Centre: "A vivid account of a childhood in a middle-class, non-observant Jewish family in Nazi Germany, forced to emigrate to Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia) in 1939." Jewish Chronicle, 3rd June 2005. Review by Trevor Grundy: 'Not many publishing houses are interested in commissioning works on what we perfunctorily call the worlds' hungriest and least developed continent. I.B.Tauris is thankfully, an exception and its latest African offering, Peter Fraenkel's NO FIXED ABODE is a masterly account of a young man's rites of passage.' 'Well written and painfully honest... a riveting tale.' 'Peter Fraenkel is a born story teller.' - Overseas PensionerMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
531 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85043-626-3 (9781850436263)
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Person
Peter Fraenkel left his broadcasting career in Africa and came to the UK. He pursued a successful career in the BBC World Service, where he became the Controller of European Services.
Content
List of illustrations - vi
Part I: Silesia - 1
1. Roots in the air - 3
2. But we were Germans - 15
3. We became Jews - 39
4. Exodus - 76
Part II: Rhodesia - 101
5. Where you die of hunger doesn't make much of a difference, does it? - 103
6. Encountering Dimitrov and Macbeth - 130
7. Quit you like men - 142
8. Red thug? - 157
9. Becoming a bwana - 163
10. Out of the saucepan - 176
11. Vultures high and low - 200
12. Vampire men - 217
13. Searchlights in the dark - 235
14. The watch on the Rhine - 238
Index - 241
Part I: Silesia - 1
1. Roots in the air - 3
2. But we were Germans - 15
3. We became Jews - 39
4. Exodus - 76
Part II: Rhodesia - 101
5. Where you die of hunger doesn't make much of a difference, does it? - 103
6. Encountering Dimitrov and Macbeth - 130
7. Quit you like men - 142
8. Red thug? - 157
9. Becoming a bwana - 163
10. Out of the saucepan - 176
11. Vultures high and low - 200
12. Vampire men - 217
13. Searchlights in the dark - 235
14. The watch on the Rhine - 238
Index - 241