Mukiwa by Peter Godwin
Mukiwa opens with Peter Godwin, six years old, describing the murder of his neighbor by African guerillas, in 1964, pre-war Rhodesia. Godwin's parents are liberal whites, his mother a governement-employed doctor, his father an engineer. Through his innocent, young eyes, the story of the beginning of the end of white rule in Africa unfolds. The memoir follows Godwin's personal journey from the eve of war in Rhodesia to his experience fighting in the civil war that he detests to his adventures as a journalist in the new state of Zimbabwe, covering the bloody return to Black rule. With each transition Godwin's voice develops, from that of a boy to a young man to an adult returning to his homeland. This tale of the savage struggle between blacks and whites as the British Colonial period comes to an end is set against the vividly painted background of the myserious world of South Africa.Peter Godwin is the author of When a Crocodile Bites the Sun and Mukiwa, both of which have won awards. He was born and reared in Zimbabwe and went on to study at Cambridge and Oxford before working as a foreign reporter in more than 60 countries. He's written for National Geographic, the New York Times Magazine, and Vanity Fair since relocating to Manhattan. He has taught at Princeton and Columbia, and in 2010 he was awarded a Guggenheim grant.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780802141927 |
| ISBN 10 | 0802141927 |
| Title | Mukiwa |
| Author | Peter Godwin |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Black Cat |
| Year published | 2004-11-30 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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