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Informationen zum Autor Andrew Sardanis was born and educated in colonial Cyprus! worked as a journalist and spent his life in Northern Rhodesia! later Zambia! where he developed his business interests! including work with multinationals! and was a member of the legislature and government. He is the author of Africa: Another Side of the Coin and A Venture in Africa (both I.B.Tauris). Klappentext Sardanis uses his unique eyewitness experience to provide an inside view of a country in transition. Sardanis uses his unique eyewitness experience to provide an inside view of a country in transition. Zusammenfassung Sardanis uses his unique eyewitness experience to provide an inside view of a country in transition. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsMapIntroductionProloguePart I: A Nation in the makingZambia Proud and FreeUnprepared and Unready but Determined and EnthusiasticUDI: A New Landscape in Africa Hard Work and FantasiesPolitical Turbulence and Rhodesian SpiesFast Track for Zambian Business?Control of the MinesThe Politicians Take over Sir Arthur Benson’s GhostThe 100 million Dollar ConPart II: The UNIP Dictatorship3. The Sole Custodians of the People’s Interests4. Kaunda and Thatcher Tango: Rhodesia Vanishes5. A Maverick Troublemaker and a Gentlemen’s Coup6. DisarrayPart III: New Brooms?7. The Love Affair: Tricky Fred and the West8. The Plunder9. The Zambian Business Blossoms; The economy dips10. Vengeance and Cruelty and Frustrated Ambition11. Zambian Trials and the London Delusion12. Konkola: The Sale of the Century13. Few Successes and Many Failures14. ‘Steady As She Goes’15. A Protectorate within a Protectorate is Pampered…16. … And Abandoned17. “The Hateful Western Province”18. Ba Mwine Zambia: 2011 19. The Civic Society Gets Uneasy20. Arrests, Incarcerations and ‘nolle prosequi’ 21. President Sata and his future legacy Part IV: Taking Stock22. Copper: our Boon and our Bane23. Farmers and Charcoal Burners and Marketeers24. ‘To Learn and Learn More from the Learned’25. Many Critics and Many Suitors26. EpilogueAppendix I Northern Rhodesia Report 1929Appendix II The Mining AgreementsAppendix III Abrogation of the Mining AgreementsAppendix IV The Tika ProjectAppendix V The Konkola DealAppendix VI The Barotseland Agreement 1964Appendix VII Glencore Comments on Mopani Tax PaymentsNotesGlossary...
