Accounts of personal experiences in Africa, 1943-1944

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With two unfoliated items. Comprises:

(item 1) appointments diary containing outlines for biographical accounts of Wilkie's wartime experiences in East Africa: 'In the Wake of the Conquerors' and 'Madagascar M----'; with a typed story 'An eleventh tale of Madagascar', [1943]
(fols. 1-9) handwritten 'personal diary' recording Wilkie's impressions on first reaching Kilifi; with typed notes on a visit to Vumba Kuu, 10 Sep 1943
(item 2) exercise book: Wilkie's diary as District Officer, Lamu; with notes on his Swahili reading lessons, Sep 1944
(fols. 10-11) account of a visit to a coastal settlement [Wassin?], n.d.
(fols. 12-29) account of a journey up the Nile from Egypt to East Africa, n.d.

Dates

29 Leaves

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 383/1, folder 4

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