![]() ![]() Through Olofson's descent into near mental collapse, it becomes clear that many years spent in a foreign land do not necessarily breed an understanding of its people: a handful of generations of white settlers cannot change a continent underpinned by myth and superstition. Set in the 1970s and 1980s, The Eye of the Leopard explores the relationship between white farmers and their native workers. For almost two decades Hans Olofson battles with a hostile environment and a placid, but resistant workforce. Though dismayed by the attitude of the white population to their adopted country, which is compounded by their vulnerability to alcohol and malaria, he is interested enough to take up sole responsibility for the farm he manages. ![]() After fulfilling his initial quest, an opportunity for employment in the region tempts him to stay. On reaching Africa, Olofson is struck by its beauty and mystery. ![]() ![]() Alone and adrift, as a young man his only desire is to fulfil his lover's dream and visit the grave of a legendary missionary who survived alone in the remote hills of Northern Zambia. His adolescence was no easier as he lost both his best friend and his lover tragically. His childhood was unsettled an alcoholic father and a mother disappeared, only alive in old photographs. Hans Olofson is the son of a Swedish lumberjack. ![]()
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