Humphrey Gibbs, Beleagured Governor: Southern Rhodesia, 1929-1969 FROM THE PUBLISHER
This book is a biography of Sir Humphrey Gibbs, an upper-class Englishman who settled in Southern Rhodesia soon after it became a self-governing colony. He was a leading farmer and churchmen, and MP, and eventually Governor of the country. In 1964 the Rhodesian Front declared Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI), but he remained at his post in Government House for a further five years, and was a conduit for negotiation between the British Government and the regime.
FROM THE CRITICS
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Provides a biographical account of Sir Humphrey Gibbs (1902- 1990), the last colonial governor of Southern Rhodesia, who distinguished himself by resisting the white minority rebellion which sidetracked the decolonization of Rhodesia and led to the civil war of the 1970s. Includes an introduction by current president of Zimbabwe, Robert G. Mugabe. B&w photos. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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