Hazara: Elegy for an African Farm

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conyngham, John, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--South Africa.

Families.

Sugar plantations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

2021. [S.l.] : NATAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION,

Summary:

John Conyngham's 'Hazara: Elegy for an African Farm' is a lyrical memoir detailing the life and history of an Anglo-South African family and their sugar farm. Set against the backdrop of the Natal region in South Africa, the book captures the essence of a bygone era through evocative descriptions of the landscape and intimate portraits of the people who lived there. The narrative intertwines personal stories with broader historical events, offering a poignant reflection on themes of loss, belonging, and the passage of time. Conyngham's work is a tribute to the farm of his childhood and an exploration of the complex relationship between the settlers and the African land they inhabited. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

About the Author

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Author's note

Names and places

Maps

Prologue

Part One - The story of James and Mia and their daughter Anne

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2

3

4

5

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10

Part Two - The story of John Deane and Anna and their children: John Ely, Annie Bertha, Amy Blanche, Lewis, Dennis Bartle, Alice Beryl, Beatrice Mary, Birdie and Dalton

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21

Part Three - The story of Mick and Anne, and how they took over Hazara from James and Mia

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Epilogue

Glossary

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Photographic sources

INDEX

Back cover.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781991225689

1991225687

OCLC:

1290013728