Have you read this book? Here's another reason to... It's just one click away... and free to access. The memoirs of a Goan serving in British East Africa, Mervyn Maciel, now 91 not out. Released under the Creative Commons. Feel free to read, download and even share.
Born in Kenya in the late twenties, Mervyn Maciel has spent many years in East Africa. His love of the African bush and a particular fascination for the tribes -- especially those from the Northern Frontier Province (N.F.D. as the Kenyan region was then known), together with his desire to live out in the wilderness close to Nature, prompted him to move to some of the most outlying and isolated areas of Kenya at a very young age. He has served in many areas affected by the Mau Mau uprising and witnessed Kenya's final march to UHURU (Freedom) and Nationhood. He and his family were also in the clove-famed island of Zanzibar at the height of the revolution which overthrew the Sultan. Mervyn Maciel has had a very interesting and successful career in the Kenya civil service spanning some twenty years, and 'Bwana Karani', now being released under the Creative Commons as an ebook, is the realization of a lifelong dream. His move to the United Kingdom followed the Africanization of his post at the internationally-renowned Plant Breeding Station at Njoro in Kenya’s former 'White Highlands'. He and his family now live in Sutton, Surrey, from where he still finds time to pursue some of his other interests which include freelance writing, gardening and home wine making. 'Bwana Karani' is a personal narrative of the author’s life and times in East Africa covering some twenty years. It recalls the years spent in the Provincial Administration in some of the most outlying areas of Kenya -- a service which, in the words of Sir Richard Turnbull (a former Governor of Tanganyika, who has contributed the Foreword), was 'indeed a splendid service, and one to which one is proud to have belonged'. It catalogues also the period of the Mau Mau uprising through which the Maciel family lived, and speaks with affection of the many characters and old friends the author worked with. Filled with nostalgic memories of Kenya during the colonial days, this book is bound to appeal to a wide readership and, as Sir Richard Turnbull again recalls, interest 'those such as myself, eager to refresh recollections of earlier days, and to read of old friends... many, alas, no longer with us but still remembered with affection...' This is Mervyn's story.... To view cover https://archive.org/details/bawani-karani The link to download https://ia601408.us.archive.org/25/items/bawani-karani/bk-ebook-final.pdf Just do a 'save as' -- FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا +91-9822122436
