The Central African Journal of Archibald Campbell Scott
Facsimile, limited edition, Scott's journal from Malawi in the 1890s
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First edition. Limited to 750 copies, of which this no 529. Hardback, quarter cloth with paper covered boards. 25 × 20.5cm, unpaginated (c100pp)
Archibald Campbell Scott was born in Glasgow in 1869. At the age of 21 he signed up with the Livingstonia Mission of the Free Church of Scotland. This diary is the record of his confrontation with life in the remote up-country mission stations of Northern Malawi in the early 1890s. It spans one of the most momentous periods in that country's history and development. Scott arrived in northern Ngoniland in July 1891, exactly one week before the British Protectorate was declared. By 1896, the year that Scott left the country, Malawi had been transformed from a loose confederation of local States to a formally administered British colony, obliged by force of arms and economic pressures to recognize British sovereignty. Scott and his fellow missionaries played a considerable part in shaping of events which left northern Ngoniland alone among the Malawi territories outside direct British control for another decade. The handwritten text of the diary, printed in facsimile, is preceded by a lengthy introduction, which provides indispensable background information.
Condition
This copy is in good condition. There is light wear to the covers but the contents are in very good order.
Price
£20.00
