Every book can be summarized in 6 paragraphs….
- Wind Issues. Edition 2009
- Author: Winston Churchill
- Book for interested in: Africa, Kenya, Uganda, racism, Tren Lunatic, colonialism, tribes, hunting, History and politics.
- What will? Winston Churchill decide en 1907 Encourage a trip, a good part in Railroad, For the British colonies of the continent. Leave a chronicle full of reflections and analysis of their vision of the role that the British had to play in the continent. From a current vision, The book can have supremacist ideas, racist, But just its value is to portray an extended thought of that time.
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Deep down (or mombasa if I'm allowed to call him like this) It is the starting point of one of the most romantic and wonderful railway lines in the world (…) We are facing a quick and safe route for which the white man, and all the positive that entails, It can penetrate the heart of Africa with the same facilities and guarantees that I would travel from London to Vienna.
The British talks about the so -called lunatic train. Thus baptized because its construction at the end of the 19th century, joining the coast of Kenya with Lake Victoria in Uganda, English politicians compared him for his difficulty and cost with trying to the moon. The train, We take them in 2013 Between mombasa and nairobi, It is a time trip to that colonial Africa. Anyone who intends to make that journey today must of course read this book first to understand what this railroad supposed.
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The decision to grant whites, as a practical issue, Most of the highlands, The only area that in addition to a home and a future offers them acceptable living conditions, I should not pose any problem; on the other hand, There is also no impediment to encourage Asians, provided that they refrain from teaching Africans pernicious customs- a contingency that must be kept in mind-, to trade and establish themselves as they intend in these extensive and fruitful tropical lands to which they are adapted by nature.
The work is a constant reflection on what the British should do with those lands. That, Although sometimes the rhythm of the text is very slow for the excessive details offered by the author, is the most interesting part. In this case he talks about the Asian population that the British took Africa to just build the railroad. That mention of its commercial capacity is today a debate in many African countries where the premises complain about the control of Asians about trade. Everything that happens today is based on yesterday. That is why it is essential to resort to these books.
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It would be a tremendous mistake to allow the massive entry of ‘lower class white’ in this country, I heard a gentleman one day. If the natives knew that there are such miserable people in our land, They would lose respect for target.
It is curious that Churchill remembers that phrase that listened to another gentleman in the book (He explains later that he does not share it). That idea, on our trips and stay in the south of the continent, We listen to some African whites.
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Africans are workers and likely to respond to both learning and leadership. Just spend a few weeks, in close coexistence with the disciplined members of the royal rifle battalion, like me, or with the skillful navigators of the Uganda navy, The wonderful contrast they offer with the population from which they proceed can be observed. How strong, How generous, how insight are they! How are their white officers prure them! How many discomforts are taken to please travelers who escort and with which sincere pleasure receive any expression of praise or thanks! To improve the standard of living that most of the East Africa tribes currently have, You only need to apply a fair and noble discipline, careful training and tolerant treatment.
Write an absolutely racist paragraph like this today, that he wanted to be an ignition praise by Churchill of the abilities of the Africans when the British taught them, I would raise a wave of indignation and the author would be defenestrated. The value of the text is precisely to portray a time and thought of 120 years. ¿Era Churchill, The man who decades later would become the myth he faced and defeated Nazism, A racist? That paragraph, Without a doubt it is. There were many British to think diverse then? Likely, Reading the book, Churchill wouldn't be from the worst.
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He shoots a splendid exemplary of white rhino is such a relevant fact in the life of a hunter as to turn the day that happens on a memorable date of his calendar.
Churchill's trip is a hunting trip. Practice that activity from the train itself. The white rhino is in serious danger of extinction. Sport hunting is an activity criticized through environmentalists and part of a large audience that has the hunters who are exhibited with their trophies. Back, The work is a testimony that today would be possibly censored.
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I felt so exalted by this pleasant morning of sports practice and for my imminent return to the civilized world - at the end of accounts, contrasts usually contribute to pleasure- I allowed myself to congratulate me because, having enjoyed a total immunity against any serious accident, disease or even simple fever, We had managed to get out healthy and saved from our long trip. How exaggerated were the stories about the dangers of expeditions in Africa! How easy the evil path risks!
The book leaves that last interesting final reflection, Although two pages later explain that one of the four targets died on the journey through anger, about how the world is narrated. Both dangers and hardships stand out, That there are even many people convinced that traveling through certain countries entails high risk. "My trip through Africa" ??says many disputes even today.
| Style | 7,00/10 |
| Content | 8,00/10 |
| Valoración | 7,50/10 |
