Halcyon days and brutal war in Rhodesia
1 January 1993
Halcyon days and brutal war in Rhodesia'Peter may have shot me. We were on different sides', writes Micahel Holman on a poignant account of growing up in Africa
News from Ndinji
1 January 1993
DR JULIUS K. Nyerere, the erstwhile president of Tanzania who remains chairman if his country's ruling (and only) party, is a remarkable man.
Corruption, hope and charity
27 May 2005
Author: James Urquhart
A review of Michael Holman's debut novel, Last Orders at Harrods.
"Last Orders at Harrods" is full of incongruous truths about the nature of corruption and the conditions imposed by foreign donors, as well as jibes about the laziness of foreign correspondents..."
A Candid Twist in the Tale
16 October 2005
Michael Holman's Last Orders at Harrods is candid indictment of the African's inability to successfully manage his affairs, says Okechukwu Uwaezuoke
Zulu Worrier
30 September 2006
When 11-year-old Martine Allen, orphaned and forlon, leaves London and arrives in Cape Town, a passenger "reaches out a damp pink paw" to pat her on the shoulder: "Cheer up love. You're in Africa now."