Kaunda on Violence.

WITH A LENGTHY INSCRIPTION BY KAUNDA

First edition. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth, green, pink & yellow printed dustjacket, upper edge spotted, a very good copy. 184pp. London, Collins,

A desirable copy of this philosophical work by Kenneth Kaunda, published shortly after being elected the first President of an independent Zambia. He has warmly inscribed the book on the front free endpaper:

 

"For High Commissioner & Mrs Johnson - You have been a wonderful couple in building Anglo-Zambian relations! Please continue to serve fellow man to the best of your abilities. Keep smiling all the way & God bless."

 

Edited by Colin Morris, this is an account of Kaunda's involvement in the Zambian struggle for independence, with specific references to his early following of Gandhi. In a contemporary review of the book, Zambian scholar Mwizenge Tembo wrote: "As a Christian and a staunch believer in non-violence, Kaunda painfully describes how he came to support the armed struggle for freedom and majority rule in Zimbabwe. He explains the moral anguish he underwent in changing from being a 'pacifist' to a 'non-pacifist.' He indicts the western nations, particularly Britain, of duplicity and hypocrisy."

 

Tembo, M.A., [review] "Kaunda on Violence by Kenneth David Kaunda and Colin M. Morris" in The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Jun., 1981), p.346.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock Code: 251931