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My Passage to Africa.

Brian C. Rushton

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Description:This is my true account of a journey to southern Africa with two of my friends in 1971. With candid honesty it deals with the hopes, fears, experiences and mistakes of three naive young men living away from home for the first time. It also provides an insight into the lost world of another era; living with servants; the absurdities of the apartheid regime and the often-farcical workings of a foreign fire brigade. The world has changed incredibly in the intervening years, so I hope -- and believe -- that this tale will interest, amuse and amaze the reader. ..... I'd given the others strict instructions that if anything DID happen to me, my body was not to be FLOWN home, because I've always been scared of flying. Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) was physically 2 hours ahead of Britain, but effectively it was 50 years behind. ..... I was instructed that I shouldn't be too familiar with my black colleagues, and not to talk to them as if they were white. ..... the black Rhodesians were extremely humble and polite but childlike in many ways, so should NOT be confused with the streetwise African-Caribbeans who we know so well in Britain or USA. Unbelievably, one of the black firemen was always ordered to be the first 'casualty' to test the safety of the procedures and equipment as a human guinea pig. The one who was chosen would often be petrified with fear, but his desperation to keep such a relatively well-paid job would always overcome his terror. ..... the Kawasaki motorcycle was so suicidally fast, we nicknamed it 'The Kamikaze'. ..... I had to contact my senior officer to confess that I'd lost my fire tender and crew. He swore several times: "S***! S***! S***! They're probably in f****** Zambia by now!" Our houseboy polished our pans until they gleamed. Unfortunately for us, he'd never heard of Teflon coatings...... these aggressors apparently couldn't perceive that they were hastening the end of their privileged and idyllic lifestyle.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with My Passage to Africa.. To get started finding My Passage to Africa., you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This is my true account of a journey to southern Africa with two of my friends in 1971. With candid honesty it deals with the hopes, fears, experiences and mistakes of three naive young men living away from home for the first time. It also provides an insight into the lost world of another era; living with servants; the absurdities of the apartheid regime and the often-farcical workings of a foreign fire brigade. The world has changed incredibly in the intervening years, so I hope -- and believe -- that this tale will interest, amuse and amaze the reader. ..... I'd given the others strict instructions that if anything DID happen to me, my body was not to be FLOWN home, because I've always been scared of flying. Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) was physically 2 hours ahead of Britain, but effectively it was 50 years behind. ..... I was instructed that I shouldn't be too familiar with my black colleagues, and not to talk to them as if they were white. ..... the black Rhodesians were extremely humble and polite but childlike in many ways, so should NOT be confused with the streetwise African-Caribbeans who we know so well in Britain or USA. Unbelievably, one of the black firemen was always ordered to be the first 'casualty' to test the safety of the procedures and equipment as a human guinea pig. The one who was chosen would often be petrified with fear, but his desperation to keep such a relatively well-paid job would always overcome his terror. ..... the Kawasaki motorcycle was so suicidally fast, we nicknamed it 'The Kamikaze'. ..... I had to contact my senior officer to confess that I'd lost my fire tender and crew. He swore several times: "S***! S***! S***! They're probably in f****** Zambia by now!" Our houseboy polished our pans until they gleamed. Unfortunately for us, he'd never heard of Teflon coatings...... these aggressors apparently couldn't perceive that they were hastening the end of their privileged and idyllic lifestyle.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with My Passage to Africa.. To get started finding My Passage to Africa., you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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