With Sword and Chain in Lusaka

About the Book

This is the fourth book written by Richard Sampson on the penetration of Europeans into what was called Northern Rhodesia, the lives they led there and now their subsequent dispersal. Published over a period of forty-six years the four books collectively provide essential reading for any person making a study of the life of Europeans in the colony during the colonial era.

This latest book, a personal memoir, provides much detail about Lusaka in the third quarter of the twentieth century, woven around the story of the author's own life there. The commentary on business, political, municipal and military incidents occurring as the country moved out of its colonial past into a newly independent African-governed life as Zambia makes valuable and entertaining reading.

About the Author

Richard Sampson was born in London in 1922. Served Royal Navy WWII. Emigrated to Northern Rhodesia in 1948. Served on Lusaka City Council 12 years. Twice elected Mayor. Appointed lifetime Alderman in 1964. Served Royal Rhodesia Regiment in 1956-1967. Decorated for military service by president Kaunda in 1966. Chairman and Director of many companies. Following nationalisation of many companies, he emigrated to the United States of America in 1972.