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Thinking black; 22 years without a break in the long grass of Central ...

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344 THINKING BLACK<br />

are necessarily <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> non-committal k<strong>in</strong>d. Yonder,<br />

across <strong>the</strong> Lufira Flats are <strong>the</strong> red ramparts <strong>of</strong> Kunde-<br />

lungu. There <strong>the</strong> Lord maketh you to ride on <strong>the</strong> high<br />

places <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> earth, a great unbroken wall <strong>of</strong> uniform<br />

height ly<strong>in</strong>g athwart <strong>the</strong> Eastern trail as far as <strong>the</strong> eye<br />

can reach. Beyond that tableland is Kavanga, "<strong>the</strong><br />

Eternal Gates <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Morn<strong>in</strong>g," <strong>the</strong> Africa <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Great<br />

Lakes and our own English k<strong>in</strong>smen. Why should not<br />

<strong>the</strong> West jo<strong>in</strong> hands with <strong>the</strong> East ? And this is how we<br />

do it.

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