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.

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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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Book Title: A School in Africa
Book Subtitle: Peterhouse. Education in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe1955-2005
Authors: Alan Megahey
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230288119
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-9851-4Published: 09 June 2005
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-28811-9Published: 09 June 2005
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 277
Topics: Nature Conservation, African History, Christianity, Education, general

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