Northern Rhodesians Worldwide
December 7th, 2008: We're doing some work on the website at the moment, so non-public areas of the site are offline.
Welcome
In the heart of central Africa, a frontier spirit engendered a hardy breed. Hard work and a generous land greatly contributed to the prosperity of all the subcontinent.
We shared a very special time and place. Through this medium we've been able to reconnect again and to share our memories of the remarkable Northern Rhodesian experience.
The diaspora of Northern Rhodesians has scattered our small stock far and wide across the planet -- from South Africa to Iceland, Hong Kong to Zimbabwe, North America to Australia, the British Isles to New Zealand... Northern Rhodesians Worldwide.
"The original plans of the Great North Road were in the hearts and minds of the early pioneers who headed off in search of adventure and a better life. The Great North Road may well have been intended to run from Cape Town to Cairo, but for most of us it only went as far as just north of the Zambezi, for there was the Promised Land.
"As far as remnants being visible anywhere other than in Zimbabwe, you only have to read this message board to see that there are pieces of it in Texas and San Francisco, Perth and Hong Kong, Krugersdorp and Cape Town, the British Isles and New Zealand. You see, it's far more than just a road; it represents a way of life that all of us were privileged to live."
--Lynthia (Eldridge) Nadauld, Mogale City, South Africa, August 6th, 2001.
These pages were last modified on October 15th, 2008 at 19:20 UTC. They're maintained by Craig Hartnett and Dave Cooper. If you're an expat and want to add to these pages, please read the Contributing to this Site page. Comments on what's here now are welcome. Some distant cousins of ours from the wrong side of the Zambezi can be found lurking in the vicinity of Rhodesians Worldwide.
Most recent update:
Added a 1959 map of the Kariba Hydro-electric Scheme Township and Works Area on the south side of the Zambezi, courtesy of GNR member Hartley Heaton, to the maps page. (Look under "Maps of Other Countries and Cities of Interest".)
Revamped the much-neglected news page with BBC news feeds for Zambia, Africa, and the world, and removed outdated and non-functioning news and weather feeds and links. These feeds are updated every fifteen minutes. The Zambian feed is not really an actual feed, but the results of an automated search for news containing the word "Zambia". Therefore, as you can see at the moment with the first story being one about Zimbabwe, some results may not be about Zambia and some may be quite old. I'll be monitoring this to see how useful it is.
In case nobody noticed it, we hit one thousand images in the Boma yesterday. There are thousands more images on the site, but they are slowly making their way into the Boma, where they will be more easily found.
Welcome Congo expats
Edmund Glazer -- In Memoriam
March 21, 1960 - Sept. 11, 2001
Rick Rescorla -- In Memoriam
May 27, 1939 - Sept. 11, 2001
View their memorial here.
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