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A School in Africa

Peterhouse. Education in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe1955-2005

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  • © 2005

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  1. Alan Megahey
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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. A Colony in Africa

    • Alan Megahey
    Pages 1-9

  3. Founding Fathers

    • Alan Megahey
    Pages 10-29

  4. Getting Started

    • Alan Megahey
    Pages 30-42

  5. Metamorphosis

    • Alan Megahey
    Pages 43-59

  6. The Wider Scene

    • Alan Megahey
    Pages 60-77

  7. Changes All Round

    • Alan Megahey
    Pages 78-93

  8. Mind and Soul

    • Alan Megahey
    Pages 94-113

  9. War and Peace

    • Alan Megahey
    Pages 114-130

  10. A New Era

    • Alan Megahey
    Pages 131-144

  11. Being Rector

    • Alan Megahey
    Pages 145-160

  12. The Great Expansion

    • Alan Megahey
    Pages 161-178

  13. ‘Play the Game’

    • Alan Megahey
    Pages 179-191

  14. Enrichment

    • Alan Megahey
    Pages 192-203

  15. A Zimbabwean School

    • Alan Megahey
    Pages 204-221

  16. The New Millennium

    • Alan Megahey
    Pages 222-231

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 232-263
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When Peterhouse School opened in 1955, the British Empire in Africa was still intact and the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland had just come into being. It was a boarding school founded on the British model, but with the intention that it would 'adapt all that is best in the Public School tradition to African conditions'. The story of Peterhouse is not only about work and sport, music and drama, chapel and syllabus changes. It is set in the context of educational development and political changes in a Southern Africa country. The school became a pioneering multi-racial institution in 'white Rhodesia'; shared the sufferings of the country during the 'bush war'; expanded greatly in the new Zimbabwe, survived the contradictions of a black 'Marxist' government, and has kept its firm commitment to being a 'Church School'. Despite the uncertainties and challenges of the new century, this is a story of faith and vision.

About the author

ALAN MEGAHEY has been associated with Peterhouse for almost half its history. Having taught in the independent sector in Britain, he ran the school for ten years, and retains close links with it. He read History at Selwyn College, Cambridge, UK and was ordained in 1971. He was Rector of Peterhouse from 1984 to 1994.

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