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    Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa
    Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa
    Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa
    Audiobook14 hours

    Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa

    Written by Peter Godwin

    Narrated by Peter Godwin

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    About this audiobook

    Rhodesia, 1964: a small boy witnesses the death of his neighbor, murdered by guerrillas-it is the beginning of the end of white rule in Africa. In Mukiwa, Peter Godwin, the witness to that murder, has written "a classic of its genre" (Sunday Telegraph), a vivid and moving account of growing up in a colony rapidly collapsing into chaos.

    In unforgettable tales of innocence lost under African skies, we follow Godwin's awakening to the often savage struggle between whites and blacks, his horror when he is forced to fight in a civil war he detests, and his experiences as a journalist covering the country's violent transition to black rule as Rhodesia's colonial era comes to an end and the new state of Zimbabwe is born from its bloody ashes. Mukiwa is a poignant, compelling memoir and an invaluable addition to the literature of southern Africa.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateAug 27, 2019
    ISBN9781684570638
    Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa
    Author

    Peter Godwin

    Peter Godwin is an award winning author and journalist. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, he studied law and international relations at Cambridge and Oxford. He worked as a foreign correspondent in Africa and Eastern Europe for The Sunday Times of London. He was founding presenter and writer of Assignment/Correspondent, BBC TV's premier foreign affairs program. He now lives in Manhattan and contributes regularly to National Geographic, New York Times Magazine, and BBC Radio, among others.

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    • 5/5
      A stunningly written biography. That doesn't shy away from personal observed truth. I will read again and again.
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      Every now and again you listen to a book that leaves you thinking about it long afterwards. This book was not only fascinating but beautifully written and so well narrated.