EQUATOR FARM

by Roderick Cameron ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 27, 1956

From a farm on the White Highlands of Kenya, Roderick Cameron sallies forth undismayed to offer a travel book with the atmosphere of another age. He writes of the Kikuyu and the Mau Mau for whom shotguns are cocked; he visits the Masai, much admired warriors now deprived of their raiding occupation. Off to the coast, he wanders through ruins and Lamu and approaches Zanzibar, redolent with clove traffic and the aroma of a colorful history, not as he would wish -- by dhow -- but by airplane. A climb up the beanstalk to Uganda and recall of the old Kabaka, spoiled but beloved despot of another era, concludes a journeying with the air of another world about it, even though some of the subjects encountered are strictly contemporary. The nature passages are poetic and evocative; the native ones at times reveal a patronizing tone to which Americans generally are not attuned. Surveying local political drama with calm, this is a calculated remove from the adrenalin of big game.

Pub Date: Aug. 27, 1956

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Roy

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1956

Categories: NONFICTION