Author : Richard Sampson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462821855
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)
Book Synopsis White Induna by : Richard Sampson
Download or read book White Induna written by Richard Sampson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-07-30 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the latest book written by Richard Sampson, an authority on the early Europeans to visit what is now Zambia. He has now turned his attention to the pre-Colonial period and concentrates on the hunters and traders who were the first Europeans to establish themselves in the country. The casualties among these people were high, not because of war or trouble with the Africans, but due to most of them developing fatal sicknesses, the sources of which were unknown to them at that time. George Westbeech was the most notable of these hardy people because he had both the personality and the command of the African languages which gained the respect of the ordinary African as well as the tribal chiefs who were ruling both sides of the Zambezi River. The Barotse people appointed him an Induna (a Senior Headman) which gave him considerable influence and power in the country which he exercised with both wisdom and good judgement.