A NEW EARTH

by Elspeth Huxley ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 21, 1960

This bears small resemblance to the enchanting Flame Trees of Thika and demands a new role. This is a book about ""Progress striding through a part of Africa, where he is on the move at breakneck speed,"" a book about ""changes that are revolutionizing the lives of African peasants."" For this reason, it explores only those regions where the majority of Africa's 6(apple) million Africans live. It deals with a section of Kenya slightly larger than England and whose inhabitants pursue a mainly settled life either as cultivators or herdsmen -- usually a combination of the two, as most East Africans are cattle folk at heart. This region is administered in four provinces and 25 districts. Each tribal group still rigidly maintains its own traditional region, for Kenya is still full of territorial blocks -- racial and tribal -- though this is gradually beginning to dissolve. Illustrated with maps and numerous photographs, this book is the result of the author's three-month exhaustive exploration and travel in the whole of Kenya, as well as the understanding, insight, and interest which come from having been raised there. Dealing mainly with agricultural reform, its obstacles and its progress, the author devotes little detail to social custom and tribal color, in contrast to her two other books. This is an authoritative and semi-technical book -- the thorough product of practical research and personal observation.

Pub Date: Sept. 21, 1960

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Morrow

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1960

Categories: NONFICTION