The Africa House

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Title The Africa House
Author Christina Lamb
Genre(s) Biography, Travel
Publisher Viking Penguin
Released 1999 Hardcover, 01 Jun 2000 Paperback
Media type Print (Hardcover and paperback)
Pages 380 (hardcover edition) 400 (Paperback edition)
ISBN ISBN 0670 87727 1 (hardcover edition) ISBN 978014 026834 8 Penguin
Preceded by Waiting for Allah

The Africa House by British journalist and writer Christina Lamb, subtitled The True Story of an English Gentleman and His African Dream, is an account of the life of soldier, pioneer white settler, politician and supporter of Africa independence Stewart Gore-Browne in relation to the building of his estate Shiwa Ngandu in Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia.

Originating with a chance encounter in 1996 with Gore-Browne's grandson in Lusaka, the book uses Gore-Browne's diaries, letters, personal papers and photographs as well as those of his family, and interviews with family and friends, as its sources. It was published in London in 1999 by Viking Penguin.

The book includes maps and black-and-white photographs.

[edit] References

  1. http://www.penguin.co.uk Penguin Books UK website accessed 5 February 2007
  2. Christina Lamb: "The Africa House", Viking Penguin, London 1999
  3. http://www.christinalamb.net/pages/africahouse.html Author's website accessed 5 February 2007