A School in Africa
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A School in Africa

Peterhouse. Education in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe1955-2005

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A School in Africa

Peterhouse. Education in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe1955-2005

About this book

When Peterhouse School opened in 1955, the British Empire in Africa was still intact and the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland had just come into being. It was a boarding school founded on the British model, but with the intention that it would 'adapt all that is best in the Public School tradition to African conditions'. The story of Peterhouse is not only about work and sport, music and drama, chapel and syllabus changes. It is set in the context of educational development and political changes in a Southern Africa country. The school became a pioneering multi-racial institution in 'white Rhodesia'; shared the sufferings of the country during the 'bush war'; expanded greatly in the new Zimbabwe, survived the contradictions of a black 'Marxist' government, and has kept its firm commitment to being a 'Church School'. Despite the uncertainties and challenges of the new century, this is a story of faith and vision.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. A SCHOOL IN AFRICA
  3. Contents
  4. Abbreviations and Place Names
  5. Foreword
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Map
  9. 1 A Colony in Africa
  10. 2 Founding Fathers
  11. 3 Getting Started
  12. 4 Metamorphosis
  13. 5 The Wider Scene
  14. 6 Changes All Round
  15. 7 Mind and Soul
  16. 8 War and Peace
  17. 9 A New Era
  18. 10 Being Rector
  19. 11 The Great Expansion
  20. 12 ‘Play the Game’
  21. 13 Enrichment
  22. 14 A Zimbabwean School
  23. 15 The New Millennium
  24. Bibliography
  25. Index