Michael Holman's eye-witness reports on the state of sub-Saharan Africa for the Financial Times and other media provide rare insights into the region's post-independence successes and setbacks. From his accounts of the atrocities committed by Rhodesian forces in the 1960s to his interviews with those who would lead Africa into its own future and assessments of how they actually performed-often in obituaries-Postmark Africa brings together a lifetime of running commentaries on a continent he grew up in, knows acutely and loves dearly. Written with the benefit of unique access, Holman's writings still hold out hope for Africa, in spite of decades of disappointment at the structural mismanagement of the nations themselves, the destructive policies of donor countries and other funders, and the hateful legacy of colonialism.
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Dimensions: 127 x 203mm
Publication Date: 18 Mar 2021
Publisher: EnvelopeBooks
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781838172060
About Michael Holman
Michael Holman was brought up in small-town white Rhodesia establishing his political credentials in Salisbury (now Harare) as a University of Rhodesia student leader opposing UDI in 1965. In August 1967 he was served with a government order confining him to his home town (Gwelo now Gweru) and was named a Prisoner of Conscience by Amnesty. Allowed to leave after a year he completed an MSc at the University of Edinburgh before returning to Zimbabwe to work as a journalist. He narrowly escaped arrest after refusing to accept military call-up and after three weeks in hiding left the country illegally. He soon returned to Africa basing himself in Lusaka Zambia and writing as the Financial Times's Africa correspondent. After moving to London he became the paper's Africa Editor taking early retirement in 2002 following pioneering surgery for Parkinson's Disease but continues to visit his old beat regularly. In addition to an earlier collection of reports (African Deadlines) he has written three satirical novels set in the imaginary East-African nation of Kuwisha: Last Orders at Harrods Fatboy and the Dancing Ladies and Dizzy Worms.