The Kalahari killings : the true story of a wartime double murder in Botswana, 1943
Laverick, Jonathan2015
Books, Manuscripts
On October 4, 1943, two RAF pupil pilots, Walter Adamson and Gordon Edwards, took off from RAF Kumalo in what is now Zimbabwe. Some time later they were forced to land their aircraft in the northern salt pans of British Protectorate of Bechuanaland. They climbed out unscathed, left a note and disappeared. What happened next would entail ethno-archaeological investigation, a murder trial that was reported around the world - with an unbelievable outcome - and a profound change in the lives of the Tyua Bush people. The airmen had been murdered by bullet and axe. But why? The leader of the group of eight killers charged, Twai Twai Molele, was known to be a witchdoctor and a bottle containing what was probably human fat was found in his possession. Following the trial the Tyua's guns were confiscated and their ageless nomadic hunting life began to die out.
Main title:
The Kalahari killings : the true story of a wartime double murder in Botswana, 1943 / Jonathan Laverick.
Author:
Laverick, Jonathan, author
Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : The History Press, 2015.
Collation:
227 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780750956659 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.152309226883364.1523096883364.1523
LC class:
HV6535
Local class:
364.1523
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1104328