mission to delve into the past. (Francesca Wade)

Herald Zimbabwe features the collection of essays Ten Books that Shaped the British Empire.

Written by scholars from South Africa, India, Barbados, New Zealand, Australia, the UK and the US, each on a book that shaped British imperial life.
The ten books include five famous block-busters and five now-obscure texts that in their day were influential.
The five block-busters are imperial or anti-imperial classics: Robert Baden Powell’s Scouting for Boys (1908), Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847), Thomas Babington Macaulay’s five volume History of England (1848). The anti-colonial texts are Mohandas Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj (1909) and The Black Jacobins (1938) by CLR James, the famed Caribbean revolutionary thinker. (Isabel Hofmeyr)The Davidson County Sheriff's Office has arrested and charged four people in connection with an assault on Becks Nursery Road on December 23rd. Deputies charged Kimberly Ellis, 28, with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and first degree kidnapping. Kaleigh Carter, Matthew Lawson, and Angela Travis are charged with conspiracy to commit murder, first degree kidnapping, and accessory after the fact. Investigators said the suspects accused Megan Worley of stealing money from Ellis. The four suspects then allegedly kidnapped Worley and took her to a remote location where she was assaulted. Worley was taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center for medical treatment. All four suspects were found by the Randolph County Sheriff's Office. They are scheduled for court in Lexington on February 13, 2017 and currently being