Language:
English
Pages:
342 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
West African History Series
Keywords:
Ghana Geschichte
;
Kolonialgeschichte
;
Kolonie, britisch
;
Großbritannien
;
Kolonialbeamter
;
Biographie
;
Politik und Gesellschaft
;
Guggisberg, Frederick Gordon [Leben und Werk]
Abstract:
Who was Guggisberg? This question is never asked in Ghana. His name is as well known in Accra as it is unknown in London.Sir Gordon Guggisberg, Governor of the Gold Coast form 1919 to 1927, was a living paradox. A convinced imperialist, he was thought by Africans to have led them towards freedom from imperialism; deeply conservative, his policies were too liberal for the Colonial Office.He believed in indirect rule, thought the chiefs were the proper repository of power; and misjudged the nascent nationalist movement. Yet he believed passionately in African capacity and African advancement. He became 'Governor for ever in the hearts of the Gold Coast people'.Behind the correct façade of public achievement, his private life was lit by romance and shadowed by pathos and failure. He died obscurely and alone in a Bexhill boarding-house. It was left to his African friends to erect a tombstone on his untended grave.Mr. Wraith with the help of Guggisberg's surviving friends, has thrown new light on a remakable man who deserves to be known more widely. (Klappentext)
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