Sir Glyn Jones: A Proconsul in Africa [Hardcover]

Colin Baker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 20, 2000 | ISBN-10: 1860644619 | ISBN-13: 978-1860644610

Sir Glyn Jones, as last governor of Nyasaland, oversaw the transition of the country to Malawi. Involving widespread unrest, the removal of a governor, a state of emergency and commission of enquiry from London, these were some of the most stormy episodes in the story of the end of the empire. This biography, based on original sources, including the Glyn Jones papers to which the author had first and exclusive access, reveals Jones’ relationship with Hastings Banda in a new and controversial light.

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About the Author

Colin Baker is Research Professor at the University of Glamorgan and specializes in imperial history.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris (October 20, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1860644619
• ISBN-13: 978-1860644610
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,878,184 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #36 in Books > History > Africa > Malawi

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5.0 out of 5 stars ANOTHER OUTSTANDING BOOK BY PROFESSOR COLIN BAKER!, December 27, 2000

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Donald Brody (New Albany, IN, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sir Glyn Jones: A Proconsul in Africa (Hardcover)

Once again esteemed Professor Colin Baker of Glamorgan University in Wales, utilized his outstanding research capability and clarity of expression to bring to life another of Nyasaland's last three British governors. Dr. Baker's accurate and vibrant depiction of the earnest and dedicated Sir Glyn Jones, the last Governor/Governor General of the Protectorate, is a highly readable tribute to a most skillful and tenacious Civil Servant.

Since I knew Sir Glyn and the book's entire cast of characters for many years, I have a particularly keen sense of appreciation of this biography. The reader will be absorbed with Sir Glyn's masterful orchestration of colonial Nyasaland's transition to independent Malawi, tactfully working with the brilliant but mercural Dr. H. Kamuzu Banda, Malawi's Founding Prime Minister then President, outraged European settlers, bumbling Colonial Office officials at Whitehall and the jealous Nyasa elite vying for personal power.

Professor Baker's outstanding books are written against a background of exceptional documentation and scholarship, yet are all thoroughly enjoyable reads by anyone interested in British Colonial and/or African history. Once begun , you cannot and will not put them down!