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Title: Mukiwa is Background for Today's Headlines on CNN
Review: Easily one of the best books on Zimbabwe along with his second book "When a Crocodile Eats the Sun" I've read. I was in Northern Africa in the late 70's but never made it south and the books gave me a varicious trip without the danger. Godwin writes so well that you are living his story with him. And, today, July 9,2007, when I read CNN's article about the runaway inflation and Mugabe blaming factory owners, and business for the disaster he's made of the country I couldn't help but wonder if the author's mother was still alive and living in Zimbabwe. It was more than a memoir because it gave me a feeling of connection to a country I've never been to or had very much interest in.
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