ROAD TO GHANA

by Alfred Hutchinson ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 21, 1960

The ""road to Ghana"" is more than a geographical expression, for the whole emotional content of the race issues in Africa is involved in this story of an escape of a ""coloured"" from South Africa to the free new nation of Ghana. Hutchinson was one of those framed in the treason trials. His case was further complicated by his love for an Englishwoman; even to be seen with a white woman might involve arrest for either or both. They decided on escaping- separately- to Ghana. This is virtually a case history of Hutchinson's journey -- by train, by boat, on foot, alone or in crowds, and finally by plane to the ultimate destination. Three thousand miles of fear and mental anguish, not knowing the fate of Hazel, not knowing when the authorities would bridge the miles and wire his arrest, not knowing who was friend or foe. There is unrelieved tension throughout for the reader as well. But there are passages of sheer poetry, intense emotion, and occasional humor. Hutchinson never loses the gift for friendship and helps those in worse situation than himself. But the harrowing descriptions of the treatment of the natives by the white overlords, the petty harassments and cruelties, the hopelessness that one would think insuperable- all this is bridged in the final success of arrival, and the welcome.

Pub Date: Nov. 21, 1960

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: John Day

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 1960

Categories: NONFICTION