ABSTRACT Sometime in the mid-1970s Jasper Savanhu (1917–1984), a former MP and parliamentary secretary in the Central Africa Federation government (1953–1963), sketched out a ‘prospectus’ for his memoirs. Savanhu had been living in political obscurity since the end of Federation, but he was inspired by an interview conducted in 1973 to write his memoirs. He wanted to emphasise his ‘behind the scenes’ work that helped Africans rather than his public actions during the Federation, which nationalists had dismissed as ‘sell out’ politics. When he could not find any backers for his project in Rhodesia, Savanhu appealed to the former Federal prime minister, Roy Welensky, for help. Welensky contacted his Federation-era colleagues but they, like nationalists, judged Savanhu’s story as insignificant. Savanhu’s memoir project stalled. However, a 1977 interview with the National Archives gave Savanhu another chance to tell his story. This interview revealed a different set of ‘behind the scenes’ stories in Savanhu’s political life, stories of political betrayal, financial insecurity, threats of violence, and most of all, the very ‘tight corners’ for action that limited Savanhu and exposed him to criticism and charges of opportunism.

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从他尴尬的自我叙述中写出 Jasper Savanhu 的传记

摘要 在 1970 年代中期的某个时候，Jasper Savanhu (1917–1984) 是中非联邦政府的前国会议员和议会秘书 (1953–1963)，他为他的回忆录草拟了一份“招股说明书”。自联邦解体以来，萨万胡一直生活在政治上的默默无闻，但他在 1973 年的一次采访中受到启发，以撰写回忆录。他想强调他帮助非洲人的“幕后”工作，而不是他在联邦期间的公开行动，民族主义者将其斥为“出卖”政治。当他在罗得西亚的项目找不到任何支持者时，萨万胡向前联邦总理罗伊·韦伦斯基求助。Welensky 联系了他在联邦时代的同事，但他们和民族主义者一样，认为 Savanhu 的故事微不足道。Savanhu 的回忆录项目停滞不前。然而，1977 年对国家档案馆的采访给了 Savanhu 另一个讲述他的故事的机会。这次采访揭示了 Savanhu 政治生活中的一组不同的“幕后”故事、政治背叛、经济不安全、暴力威胁的故事，以及最重要的是，限制了 Savanhu 并使他暴露于机会主义的批评和指控。