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zeker iets voor jou Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek mooi zult vinden. Compelling account of a father gradually dying while he holds on to his life as a white in Zimbabwe. Conditions in the country deteriorate, and whites are less and less welcome, but still he holds on to memories of a full life there. (  )1   sarazet | Mar 9, 2010 |  Zimbabwe during the past thirty years seems to have been a miserable place to live. Inflation caused prices of even the most basic items and services to soar. The government instituted a program where white-owned farms were taken over by black farmers, leaving the white farmers without a home and without a job. Looting was commonplace. Riots were commonplace. Medical services were overwhelmed, especially with AIDS patients. Election fraud was rampant. Despite all these problems, Godwin’s parents continued to hope that things would change for the better. They did not. Godwin’s memoir of the years he spent outside Zimbabwe, yet with close Zimbabwe connections, tells the story of a bleak world. It left me thinking about decisions people make to stay or to go when the world around one seems to be steadily spirally down. How does one decide? And if one does decide to stay, are there things that can be done to improve the situation? ( )1 debnance | Jan 29, 2010 | Wonderfully written and fascinating book....Helps you understand what is going on today. ( ) bkatz | Jul 11, 2009 | The title is correct - the book is a "memoir of Africa." I felt more of a connection about what was happening in Zimbabwe than I did with Peter Godwin and his family. There is certainly much in the book about his family and in particular his relationship with his father, but he seemed more detached in his writing about them than he did when writing about what was happening to Africa. It is a well written and moving book, heartbreaking actually. (  ) dauphine | Jun 5, 2009 | A memoir of a white Zimbabwean expatriate attempting to care for his aging parents who are still living in Zimbabwe under the Mugabe regime. Peter Godwin does an excellent job of combining a personal story with a political story giving us chilling insights into the fragility of freedom, democracy, and human rights. Peter Godwin shows us how the wide arc of history cycles around and affects the present. His background in law and journalism helps him to tell us the story of the country he loves and mourns in a pragmatic way. The account of his parents' story shows us the personal impact of the larger story of a country under the heel of a greedy dictatorship. The story is sad and depressing, but one which is very important for all of us. In a note of sad irony, Morgan Tsvangirai and his wife, Susan, were in a traffic accident which took Susan's life the same day that we discussed this book in book group. (  ) tangledthread | Mar 8, 2009 |  geen besprekingen | voeg een recensie toe
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