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Colin Legum (1919–2003)

Author of Congo disaster

26 Works 131 Members 1 Review

About the Author

Colin Legum now lives in Cape Town, his original home, from which he was for many years banned under apartheid.

Works by Colin Legum

Congo disaster (1961) 17 copies
Africa since independence (1999) 13 copies
Pan-Africanism: A Short Political Guide (1976) 13 copies
Africa handbook (1966) 13 copies, 1 review
Mwalimu: The Influence of Nyerere (1995) 13 copies
Africa in the 1980s : a continent in crisis (1979) 11 copies
The bitter choice: eight South Africans' resistance to tyranny (1968) 7 copies
Attitude to Africa: A Survey of the Main Problems of British Africa, Suggesting the Lines of Policy That Any British Government Should Follow in the Years Ahead (1951) 7 copies
Ethiopia: The fall of Haile Selassie's empire (Current affairs series) (1975) 6 copies
South Africa: Crisis for the West (1965) 6 copies
Conflict in the Horn of Africa (1977) 3 copies
Africa Contemporary Record (2008) 2 copies
Southern Africa : the year of the whirlwind (1977) 2 copies
Middle East Contemporary Survey (1979) 2 copies
The horn of Africa in continuing crisis (1979) 2 copies
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Birthdate
1919-01-03
Date of death
2003-06-08
Gender
male
Occupations
journalist
Short biography
first wife Eugenie Leon (died 1953; one son, David, deceased); second wife Margaret Roberts (1960, three daughters).
Nationality
South Africa
Places of residence
Kestell, Orange Free State, South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa
London, England, UK
Cape Town, South Africa
Associated Place (for map)
South Africa

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Rating
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Reviews
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ISBNs
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