A school in Africa : Peterhouse and education in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe

The Resource A school in Africa : Peterhouse and education in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe

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A school in Africa : Peterhouse and education in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe

Title remainder

Peterhouse and education in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe

Statement of responsibility

Alan J. Megahey

Language

eng

Summary

When Peterhouse School opened in 1955, the British Empire in Africa was still intact and the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland had just come into being. It was a boarding school founded on the British model, but with the intention that it would 'adapt all that is best in the Public School tradition to African conditions'. The story of Peterhouse is not only about work and sport, music and drama, chapel and syllabus changes. It is set in the context of educational development and political changes in a Southern Africa country. The school became a pioneering multi-racial institution in 'white Rhodesia'; shared the sufferings of the country during the 'bush war'; expanded greatly in the new Zimbabwe, survived the contradictions of a black 'Marxist' government, and has kept its firm commitment to being a 'Church School'. Despite the uncertainties and challenges of the new century, this is a story of faith and vision

Cataloging source

UKPGM

Dewey number

373.222096891

Illustrations

illustrations
maps
portraits
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Index

index present

LC call number

LG462.M37

LC item number

M44 2005

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries
bibliography

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