African Connections

A selection of books with links, of one kind or another, to Africa

memoir - Africa

A Beat Around the Bush

by Alastair Tompkins
Experiences of a colonial police officer in Kenya in the 1950s and 60s
RAF memoir

Adventures on the Infinite Highway

by Peter Rivington

The airborne experiences of an RAF and airline pilot 1938-62
Memoir - Africa

I Flew for Savimbi

by Simon Van Garderen
A South African bush pilot recalls his 25-year association with Angola UNITA terrorist leader Dr Jonas Savimbi
memoir/biography

Lives In Colour

by George Major
A family saga tracing the deeds of the author's forebears in colonial Africa and his own colourful career
Fiction/RAF

Safari Mzuri

by Brian J. Elliott

RAF National Servicemen have a wild time in 1960's Kenya in this entertaining tale
personal memoir

The Triangle Route

by Dr E A Samuels 
A West Indian boy's eventful journey to adulthood in Jamaica, England and the USA in the 1950s to 70s
Civilian memoir

Tracks Across the Veldt

by Sam Wright
Memoirs of a former Rhodesia Railways employee, recalling the golden days of rail transport in that country 1950-76
Biography

Under Blazing Skies

by Valerie M Cooper
The experiences and travels of a Queen Alexandra nurse during World War 2
RAF memoir

Wings Without Weapons

by Humphrey Wynn

Memoirs of a ferry pilot with RAF Transport Command in Africa, the Middle East and India during World War 2