The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe
by Peter Godwin
2010 / 384 pages
rating 7.5 –  memoir/political

Peter Godwin was born to English parents in Rhodesia part of which became Zimbabwe under Robert Mugawe.  He’s written about this experience and much more in two other memoirs which might be considered a trilogy,  “Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa,” and “When a Crocodile Eats the Sun.”   I read the latter and thoroughly enjoyed and I’ve been wondering about Mugabe and company ever since. I really feel I should read the first one, too – for interest. >>>>MORE>>>>