Elspeth Huxley is a white Kenyan who is a masterful writer and writes with a deep love of Africa. Her observations of West Africa shortly before independence clearly show some of the economic and political tensions that would lead to serious problems in the region through much of the second half of the twentieth century. But the book is really only of historical value today. ( )

i learned a lot about africa in the early 50s. really it seems to have gotten worse not better. i can see that some people might see racism in her writing but criticism is not racism. however people of european origin are not allowed to criticize or it's called racism. meanwhile to criticize european values is FINE. i teach esl. i know about this. ( )