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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun, A Memoir of Africa

When a Crocodile Eats the Sun, A Memoir of Africa

by Peter Godwin

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 342 PAGES

Zimbabwean journalist Godwin (Mukiwa) draws on history, politics and travel in this powerful family memoir, the tale of his aging parents -- tough settlers who remained in Zimbabwe as the life that they knew crumbled around them. Set against the Robert Mugabe's brutal and enduring regime (Godwin's sister was killed during the war of independence).  (ZMB07, $14.99)


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