Level | Item |
Ref No | CSA/1/1/19 |
Title | Congo Feb Rhod. & Kenya March '61 |
Date | February - March 1961 |
Extent | 1 notebook and 1 pdf |
Creator Name | Sanger; Clyde (1928-2022); journalist |
Description | Notebook written mostly in shorthand, containing notes on: refugees and food supplies in the Republic of the Congo; military presence in the Republic of the Congo; the death of [Patrice Lumumba]; relations between the UN and the Republic of the Congo; European teachers, teacher training and children in educational establishments in the Republic of the Congo; unrest and conflict in the Republic of the Congo; [Federal] cuts to development schemes in Nyasaland; education and funding for teacher training in East Africa; calls for Kenyan independence; and the release of Jomo Kenyatta.
Names featured include: [Captain Purdon], Moïse Tshombe, Patrice Lumumba, Valerian Zorin, Jean Foster Manzikala, Victor Lundula, Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, Sir Roy Welensky, JK [Jomo Kenyatta]; [Daniel Toroitich arap] Moi and [Ole] Tipis.
Transcribed in 2021 as part of the Clyde Sanger shorthand transcription project with funding from The National Archives' Collaborate and Innovate Testbed Fund. The pdf transcription document also contains a digitised copy of the notebook. |
Access Status | Open |
Format | Electronic record |
Manuscript |
Copyright | Clyde Sanger |
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