Peter Godwin grew up in Rhodesia in the 1960s, dimly aware of the divisions that would lead to civil war. This book tells of the guerilla killings, Godwin's conscription into the army aged 17, and his return to Zimbabwe as a reporter for the "Sunday Times" after studying law in England.

Mukiwa : A White Boy in Africa

Peter Godwin

Picador

When a Crocodile Eats the Sun

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Picador Africa

Physical description; 353 p. : map ; 24 cm. Subjects; Godwin, Peter 1957- - Homes and haunts - Zimbabwe. Godwin, Peter 1957- - Travel - Zimbabwe.

The Fear: The Last Days of Robert Mugabe

Constitutional Law

'The most powerful indictment of Mugabe's regime yet written' The Economist 'A brave, sensitive and observant account of Zimbabwe's tragedy, exposing the cruelty of Mugabe's regime and the remarkable courage of those who have defied it' Financial Times In mid-2008, after thirty years of increasingly tyrannical rule, Robert Mugabe lost an election. Instead of conceding defeat, his supporters launched a brutal campaign of terror Zimbabweans called it, simply, The Fear. Peter Godwin travels, at considerable risk, to see the havoc raging at the heart of his country, but what emerges from the brutality are the heartbreaking tales of resistance and survival, the astonishing moments of humour and goodwill, and the unforgettable characters who will not be subdued. 'A beautifully written chronicle of his journey through his ravaged but still achingly beautiful homeland' Independent 'An important book detailing the violent realities, the grotesque injustices, the hunger, the sadness, and a portrait of Mugabe, the tyrant who is the cause of it all' Paul Theroux

Fear: The Last Days of Robert Mugabe

Leaders & Notable People

Picador USA

This is a moving personal account of Zimbabwe under Mugabe's terror. In mid-2008, after thirty years of increasingly tyrannical rule, Robert Mugabe, the eighty-four-year-old ruler of Zimbabwe, met his politburo. He had just lost an election. But instead of conceding power, he was persuaded to launch a brutal campaign of terror to cower his citizens. Journalist and author Peter Godwin was one of the few observers to slip into the country and bear witness to the terrifying period that Zimbabweans call, simply, the Fear. Following on from his compelling and moving memoirs, "Mukiwa" and "When a Crocodile Eats the Sun", this is a personal journey through the country Peter Godwin grew up in and knows so well - a landscape and a people, grotesquely altered, laid waste by a raging despot. At considerable risk, he travels widely to see the torture bases, the burned villages, the death squads, the opposition leaders in hiding, the last white farmers, the churchmen and the diplomats putting their own lives on the line to stop the carnage. Told with Godwin's brilliant eye for character and natural storytelling gifts, this dark story of Africa's corruption and violence is populated by extraordinary characters whose lives have been shaped by the Fear.

Pan/Macmillan

Mukiwa - White Boy In Africa [paperback] Godwin, Peter [Jan 01, 1996]

Mukiwa - White Boy In Africa

GROVE PRESS

Pan Macmillan South Africa

Mukiwa

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

This book tells the story of how White Rhodesians, three-quarters of whom were ill-prepared for revolutionary change, reacted to the "terrorist" war and the onset of black rule in the 1970s. It shows how internal divisions - both old and new - undermined the supposed unity of White Rhodesia, how most Rhodesians begrudgingly accepted the inevitability of black majority rule without adjusting to its implications, and how the self-appointed defenders of Western civilization sometimes adopted uncivilized methods of protecting the "Rhodesian way of life." This is a lively and accessible account, based on careful archival research and numerous personal interviews. It sets out to tell the story from the inside and to incorporate the diverse dimensions of the Rhodesian experience. The authors suggest that the Rhodesians were more differentiated than has often been assumed and that perhaps their greatest fault was an almost infinite capacity for self-delusion.

Rhodesians never die: The impact of war and political change on white Rhodesia, c.1970-1980

Ian Hancock

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Mukiwa : A White Boy in Africa

When a Crocodile Eats the Sun

The Fear: The Last Days of Robert Mugabe

Fear: The Last Days of Robert Mugabe

The Fear: The Last Days of Robert Mugabe

Mukiwa - White Boy In Africa

When a Crocodile Eats the Sun

Mukiwa

Rhodesians never die: The impact of war and political change on white Rhodesia, c.1970-1980