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The Kalahari Killings: The True Story of a Wartime Double Murder in Botswana, 1943

✍ Scribed by Laverick, Jonathan

Book ID: 108608056
Publisher: The History Press
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Weight: 3 MB
Category: Fiction
ISBN-13: 9780750964593

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✦ Synopsis

On 4 October 1943 two RAF pupil pilots, Walter Adamson and Gerald Edwards, took off from Kumalo (Zimbabwe). Some time later they were forced to land in Botswana. They climbed out unscathed, left a note, and disappeared. What happened next would entail ethno-archaeological investigation, a sensational murder trial and worldwide media coverage - and a sensational outcome - that led to a profound change in the lives of the Tyua Bush peopld. The airmen had been murdered by bullet and axe - but why? The leader of the group of eight killers charged, Twai Twai Molele, was known to be a witchdoctor and a bottle allegedly containing human fat was found in his possession... Following the trial the Tyuas' guns were confiscated and their ageless nomadic hunting life began to die out. The murders offered an excuse for British-protected ranchers to take their lands. Reopening this extraordinary case, Jonathan Laverick reviews the evidence to uncover the true story.

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