ON TREK IN KORDOFAN
The Diaries of a British District Officer
in the Sudan 1931-1933

C. A. E LEA

Edited by
MARTIN DALY

Published for THE BRITISH ACADEMY
by OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
1994

First edition.
The life of the colonial district officer on trek has seldom been revealed in more detail than in Lea's journals from Kordofan, in the Western Sudan. Never intended for publication, these trek notes contain rare candour and informality, and give an unvarnished view of the land and people during a period of rapid social change.

Though in many ways typical of the elite Sudan Political Service, Lea was most 'at home' while on trek in the desert. Northern Kordofan, especially Dar al-Kababish, was then little known, and these notes therefore form an important and sympathetic record of the customs, economy and politics of the Arab and Nuba tribesmen who inhabited those regions. The true relationship between European officer and Sudanese chiefs is depicted — observant arbitrator in a dynamic society.

This edition by Martin Daly makes available a useful source for students of north-east African history, imperial administration, and social and economic change in the non-western world. Martin Daly is Professor of History, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

24 x 16 cm. ix + 304 pp + 12 b/w photo plates.

Very good + condition, corners of the boards slightly bruised but otherwise like new.