Author: Sharwood-Smith, Joan
Title: Diary of a Colonial Wife: An African Experience
Description: London, Radcliffe Press, (1992). orig.boards. 22x14cm, viii,152,(4)pp. 4pp photoplates.. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Memoirs of the wife of the Governor of Northern Nigeria, ca. 1939-1947. Contents: Voyage to Adventure; First Impressions; Transfrontier Intelligence; Kano, Sokoto, Bornu & the French Connection; A Festival & a Polish Odyssey; Free French, General de Gaulle & Vichy French; South African Interlude; The Rains Fall in Sokoto; Emergency Measures; To Minna with Michael; All the Family to Sokoto; Kano Residency; Government House; Governor's Wife; The North on the Move; Progress, Parties & Politics; The Queen's Visit & the Royal Durbar; Farewells.

Keywords: British Colonial History, Northern Nigeria, West Africa, Great Britain, Colonialism, Colony Colonies, Administration, Politics Political, Memoirs