276mm x 390mm

Minor wear to the edges, some chipping to the spine.

R1,000

Rhodesian Box 2, no 7

The East African Annual 1946–1947 captures the region at a moment of profound transformation, marked by post-war economic ambitiousness and the prelude to political change across British East Africa.

Key Historical & Visual Aspects

• Post-War Agricultural Ambitions & Settler Boom: The cover artwork—featuring stylized acacia trees overshadowing farm buildings and livestock grazing on high-country pastures—captures the post-WWII focus on agricultural expansion and settler farming. The 1946–1947 period saw a fresh wave of European immigration to Kenya's White Highlands under post-war resettlement schemes, driving major investments in livestock, tea, coffee, and pyrethrum production.

• The Groundnut Scheme Prelude: Published in late 1946, this edition coincided with the planning phase of the infamous Tanganyika Groundnut Scheme—one of the largest and most ambitious post-war British colonial agricultural failures. Designed to alleviate Britain's severe post-war vegetable oil shortages by clearing vast tracts of bush in Tanganyika, the project was heavily promoted in commercial press outlets like the East African Standard during 1946–1947.

• Emergence of Organized African Political Movements: Beneath the tranquil rural scenery portrayed on the cover, 1946–1947 was a crucial period for political awakening. Jomo Kenyatta returned to Kenya from England in September 1946 to assume leadership of the Kenya African Union (KAU), setting in motion the political momentum that would reshape the region over the next decade.

• The Formalization of Regional Infrastructure: The bottom margin highlights the classic four territories—Kenya . Tanganyika . Uganda . Zanzibar. By 1946–1947, joint management of civil aviation, posts, telegraphs, and customs had reached maturity, providing the practical framework for the creation of the East Africa High Commission shortly after in 1948.