BOOK REVIEWS221Having said that this book is one for the specialist in ornithology, itis certainly one that nobody seriously interested in Rhodesian ornithologycan afford to be without. In the Introduction, the author says, 'It was theoriginal intention that this bibliography would form part of an updated bookon the birds of Rhodesia, a work which at present remain-s in manuscript";it is to be hoped that the latter work will not be long in appearing.Blair Research Laboratory. SalisburyR. M. HARVVINProminent African Personalities of Rhodesia Salisbury Cover PublicityServices, 1978, illustrated, xi, 196 pp. no price indicated.This is the second edition of this publication, it contains some 500 Africanpersonalities (nearly half the book being in fact taken up by advertisements,which, however, give an interesting glimpse of the African market in Rho-desia). The potential value of such a work of reference is negated by theapparent lack of clear criteria by which entries are chosen for inclusion; theresult is, therefore, something of a 'rag-bag'. It is particularly noticeablethat the better educated and the more political members of the Africancommunity are either left out or given a write-up that is misleading by itsomissions.R.S.R.Rebel People By D. Hills. London, George Allen & Unwin, 1978, 248 pp.,£5,50.The first sixty pages of this book carry on from The While Pumpkin andthe author's imprisonment in Uganda. Thereafter, the book concerns Rho-desia, where the author came (for reasons never really explained) and spentpart of the years 1976-8 in teaching at the Teachers' College, Gwelo. Thesurvey of the Rhodesian situation is little more than journalism; but, at atime when the professional journalists in Rhodesia rarely venture beyondSalisbury's bars and Government press-releases, this has a refreshing touchof immediacy, of contact with Africans, and indeed Europeans, outside Salis-bury. It is interesting to see how an uncommitted, sceptical traveller, whoknows other parts of Africa and its literature, finds little that is praise-worthy in Rhodesia of today Š whether the guerillas, the silent Africanmajority, or the Europeans. The picture is depressing but accurate (exceptin spelling of proper names Š the publishers apparently no longer employeditors); no-one it is to be feared, will come well out of the 'Rhodesian pro-blem'.R.S.R.