The Kalahari Killings

The True Story of a Wartime Double Murder in Botswana, 1943

Jonathan Laverick (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

2015
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-5665-9 (ISBN)

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On 4 October 1943, two trainee RAF pilots, Walter Adamson and Gordon Edwards, took off from Kumalo in Zimbabwe. Some time later they were forced to land in Botswana. They climbed out unscathed, left a note, and disappeared. What happened next would entail ethno-archaeological investigation, a sensational murder trial with worldwide media coverage – and an astonishing outcome – that led to a profound change in the lives of the Tyua Bush people. The airmen had been murdered by bullet and axe – but why? Twai Twai Molele, the leader of the group of eight killers charged, was known to be a witchdoctor and a bottle allegedly containing human fat was found in his possession … Following the trial the Tyuas’ guns were confiscated and their ageless, nomadic hunting life began to die out. The murders offered an excuse for British-protected cattle farmers to remove them from their lands. Reopening this extraordinary case, Jonathan Laverick reviews the evidence to uncover the true story.

Jonathan Laverick is a Director at Botswana's leading school, Maru-a-Pula, having lived in Botswana for 15 years. He has published several articles.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.5.2015
Zusatzinfo	25 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Stroud
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7509-5665-8 / 0750956658
ISBN-13	978-0-7509-5665-9 / 9780750956659
Zustand	Neuware