Blogs in July 2015

A Flight Delayed 27th July 2015

Quirky and exotic! When career-focused Amanda McCree discovers that her controlling Great Aunt, as a last request, has especially asked that Amanda carry her Aunt’s remains to Cape Town, Amanda is furious. The last thing she wants is to...

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Rainbow’s End 19th July 2014

In 1978, during the final, bloodiest phase of the Rhodesian War, 11-year-old Lauren St John moved with her family to Rainbow’s End, and idyllic farm and game reserve on the banks of the Umfuli River. Obsessed with horses, pop...

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An Elegy for Easterly 17th February 2014

A woman in a township in Zimbabwe is surrounded by throngs of dusty children but longs for a baby of her own; an old man finds that his job making coffins at No Matter Funeral Parlour brings unexpected riches;...

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The Fear: The Last Days of Robert Mugabe 1st January 1970

Peter Godwin travels to Zimbabwe after the 2008 elections in the hope that he will witness the Mugabe, but witnesses instead the more violence orchestrated by the regime. The increased terror is a result of the fact people dared...

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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun 1st January 1970

Peter Godwin grew up in Zimbabwe and he returns to the country when his Father passes away. The picture of modern day Zimbabwe, the political and economic failings, the terror, all have a part in his personal observations, with...

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