Description: Published in 1950 by Exposition Press, subtitled, Central Africa's Most Fabulous Adventurer by Kathaleen Stevens Rukavina. This book tells the story of John Edward Stephenson. Jacket has tape and stains as do boards all pages clean and tight. From Wikipedia: "John Edward "Chiripula" Stephenson (born 1873 or 1876) was a figure in the expansion of British colonial control in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) and surrounding areas during the early part of the 20th century. Stephenson was born in northern England and raised along the Tyne. In 1896 he came to Kimberley, South Africa. By 1898 he had gone to Bulawayo, where he became a telegraph clerk. Cecil Rhodes appointed him the joint leader of an expedition into previously unexplored territory. He was accompanied on this trip by 120 porters and his pet baboon. The expedition claimed for the Company large areas of what are now the Zambian copper fields. He eventually left the Company and built his mansion in the remote bush where he became a revered figure by the local community. He was given the name Chirupula ("he who smites") by the local tribe who regarded him a god."
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Region: Africa
Topic: Africa
Subject: Biography & Autobiography
Year Printed: 1950
Original/Facsimile: Original
