Jill Baker

Jill Baker spent her childhood in Matebeleland, daughter of a man dedicated to African education and Principal of three leading African schools. Her adult life on a farm was brought to an abrupt end with the unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) from Britain in 1965 and she worked for the next 18 years as a journalist, news and documentary presenter and producer in television and radio. She emigrated to Australia to run a radio station and open her own business consultancy and her first book, Beloved African, a biography of her father's life, was published in 2000.