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Though the author of 'In the Shadow of the Tokolosh' is unknown, it must be remembered that many young Rhodesian males lived the life portrayed in the book.
This man, if alive today, would now be approximately 70 years old.
An unrepentant colonialist, he would have grown up on the Copperbelt, Northern Rhodesia, and spent his life in Africa amongst it's people.
He would have brought up a family and fought alongside his brothers in a bitter bush war and, when the fighting was over, he would have seen the destruction and misery that 'Independence' foisted upon the people of Kaunda's Zambia and Mugabe's Zimbabwe.
Ultimately, he would have felt a overriding desire to pen his words in an attempt to reconcile his feelings for his lost country. He neve ...more

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Jenny’s poem to the fallen (Ref: “In the Shadow of the Tokolosh”)

On the 50th Anniversary year of the RLI, let's remember all those brave fallen men, black and white, who fought to save Rhodesia.

A poem to my father

I was only a little girl when my father went off to fight,
We were told ‘Be good for Mummy and be sure to lock up tight.’

‘I’m going to play with pop guns,’ my Dad, he’d told me then,
‘Take care of your little sister ‘til I get back, I know not when.’

He’ Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 12, 2011 02:08 • Tags: bush-war, rhodesia, zambia, zimbabwe

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