Murder, Witchcraft and the Killing of.. by Stephen R. Matthews (.ePUB)
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Murder, Witchcraft and the Killing of Wildlife: Memoirs of a Police Officer in the Heart of Africa by Stephen R. Matthews
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Overview: Features stories of encounters with African Presidents, including the occasion when the author prevented a potential assassination attempt on President Kaunda’s life. The author also describes, in dramatic detail, the relentless dangers of the political situation in Africa, with murders, petrol bombs, kidnappings and major fraud cases all occurring during his time there.
This was the time of the Belgian Congo debacle where ethnic cleansing coincided with Steve’s first police posting near the Northern Rhodesia border with the Congo, at the age of 21. He graphically describes being knifed, ambushed, stoned, wounded by bow and arrow and shotgun and had his hand broken several times.
He saved the life of President Kaunda from a potential assassination attempt and acted as a driver and bodyguard to President Tsombe of the breakaway state of Katanga. Steve was solely responsible for exposing and tracking down a dangerous British Army deserter and communist spy working in the Congo and Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), seeing him neutralized and his operation disbanded. Throughout the book, he gives full credit to his African police colleagues for their immense courage, humor, loyalty and total dedication.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs
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