ORIGINS

Bongo Books was started as a small publishing adventure by Joan Considine and John Rawlins in 2003 with an interest in recording personal memories or stories of East African Colonial History from those still alive from the early days of the whole period 1920 - 1963 and willing to write them down whilst still compos mentis. We collected and edited these memories and then published them in some haste in April 2004. They seem to have been well received and generally enjoyed by ex-East Africans as well as a substantial number of people resident in the U K with probably some previous experience of visiting that region. We are conscious of a lack of participation by other racial groups living in East Africa in that period and would welcome their contributions to any more books that we can publish. We are contemplating another book now and if they wish to have more information they should read the rest of this web-site and they either email us at the address shown or write to us at:
Bongo Books, 27a Shady Lane, Slyne-with-Hest, Lancaster, LA2 6JD, England.