The old chief

Region, S central Africa, now divided into Zimbabwe in the south and Zambia in the north. Named after British colonial administrator C. Rhodes, it was administered by the British S. Africa Co. in the 19th cent. and exploited mostly for its gold, copper, and coal deposits. In 1911 it was divided into Northern and Southern Rhodesia; Southern Rhodesia became a self-governing British colony (1923), and Northern Rhodesia, a British protectorate (1924). They joined with Nyasaland to become the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1953-63. See also Malawi.

Story of a white girl living in Africa who journeys to the village of Mshlanga. She has an epiphany (A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something) about what she sees in the tribe. At the end of the story, he father gets hostile with the chief and won't give back the goats. Therefore, the father and the chief never get along.

In the short story, “The Old Chief Mshlanga” by Doris Lessing, the author recounts a pers...