Timewatch · SEASON 9

White Man's Grave, Black Man's Grave

Episode 11 · 1990-12-12

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  • Documentary

Episode overview

On January 23 1915, black insurgents broke into a house on the biggest plantation in British colonial Nyasaland. The rebels killed the white manager, cut off his head and carried it home. The planter's name was William Livingstone. The rebel leader was the black Baptist pastor, John Chilembwe. Two men trapped by a clash of civilizations.

49 minutes

Season 9 episodes