The flame trees of Thika : memories of an African childhood

Elspeth Huxley

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African history and culture studies Autobiographical and Biographical Writing Travel Writing and Literature

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In an open cart Elspeth Huxley set off with her parents to travel to Thika in Kenya. As pioneering settlers among the Kikuyu people, they built a house of grass, ate off a damask cloth spread over packing cases and discovered - the hard way - the world of the African.

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