Nigerian Interlude

About the Book

For seven years after meeting and a brief romance, Anita and Penry kept sporadically in touch: a Christmas card, a Valentine's Day card, and perhaps an occasional letter. Then, in the summer of 1939, came a letter with a proposal of marriage and a life in Africa! After a brief wartime reunion in England, Anita returned with Penry to Nigeria to experience colonial Africa, the expatriate way of life, and the admiration of the powerful Governor of Nigeria.

About the Author

Born on September 18, 1913, Anita Sharwood Kelsey spent her early years in West Hartford, Connecticut and Short Hills, New Jersey. In the 1930's, Anita chaperoned young American women through Europe. In the 1940's, she became the wife of a British Colonial Police officer living in Nigeria and private secretary to the Governor, Sir Arthur Richards, later Lord Milverton. In the 1950's, Anita raised a family in upstate New York. In the 1960's, Anita and family moved to Washington and reentered the workforce, rising from housekeeper at the NEA to the Managing Director of CINE. Upon her husband's retirement, Anita moved to England and lived in Sussex until his death in 1981. Since then Anita has lived in New York, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, Florida and currently resides in Ojai, California.