Black Mischief (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Evelyn Waugh
- First Published: 1932
- Type of Work: Satire
- Time of Work: The early 1930’s
- Setting: The mythical empire of Azania, an island off the East African coast, near Aden
- Principal Characters: Seth, Basil Seal, Sir Samson Courteney, Prudence Courteney, General Connolly, Krikor Youkoumian
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Mythology or myths, Politics, Race, 1930’s, Islands, Rulers, Ethics, Corruption, Government, Modernization, Humorists
- Locales: Africa, Islands
The Novel
After two centuries of Arab rule, the expansion of European imperialistic ambitions into East Africa at the end of the nineteenth century precipitated a series of conflicts in which Amurath, formerly Commander-in-Chief of the Sultan’s forces, led his Wanda tribesmen to victory over their hated rivals the Sakuyu and then to victory over the Arabs themselves. Proclaiming himself Emperor, for nearly two decades he presided over an uneasy truce between the two tribes while representatives of the major imperial powers maintained legations in hopes of winning some...
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