Towards Independence In Africa New
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Patrick Walker, following his time in Uganda, which is the subject of this book, went on to join MI5 in 1962 and became Director General from 1987 - 1992. In this book, subtitled, 'A District Officer in Uganda at the End of Empire' Walker draws on his vivid personal experience to illustrate both the hope and tragedy of that tempestuous time. Posted to Uganda in 1956, he served in both the Eastern and Western provinces. His first experience of national politics was the General Election of 1958 and he played a leading role in organising and supervising subsequent elections including, in his district, the Election of 1962 . Despite an apparently tranquil march to independence and statehood, Uganda was not to escape Africa's turmoil. Independence in the Congo brought a flood of Belgian refugees into Uganda in 1960, followed by the Tutsis - the former dominant group in Rwanda - fleeing the Hutu majority even before Rwanda's independence in1962. All these different groups had to be received and administered, and Patrick Walker takes the reader to the heart of these tragedies - with ominous warnings of future ethnic and tribal conflict. Hardback with glossy dustjacket, both in very good condition. The cover is intact and clean with no marks or creasing. The book itself is similarly unmarked. The binding is secure and the pages are clean. There is a slip of paper included with the book which sets out key events in Parker's life up until 1962 when he joined MI5. There is a possibility that it is in his own hand.
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