Lead Review

• Book: When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
• Location: Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
• Author: Peter Godwin

Through his personal perspective as a white African who continues to love his continent, combined with sound journalistic observation, research and deep insight, Peter Godwin has painted a poignant, touching and shocking picture of the decline of a beautiful country blessed with natural resources to an impoverished, suppressed shadow of its former self. This excellent book affected me (another displaced white African) profoundly, even more so because Godwin added several layers to make this book more than just a simple snapshot of a country or even one family’s history. Highly recommended — not only for people with a connection to Africa, but for everyone who wishes to have a better understanding of the world we live in. Don’t miss it. (Libby, Hong Kong)

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