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In this portrait of Doris Lessing's homeland, the author recounts the visits she made to Zimbabwe in 1982, 1988, 1989 and 1992, after being banned from the old Southern Rhodesia for 25 years for her political views and opposition to the minority white Government. The visits constitute a journey to the heart of a country whose history, landscape, people and spirit are evoked by the author in a narrative of detail. She embraces every facet of life in Zimbabwe from the lost animals in the bush to political corruption, from AIDS to a successful communal enterprise created by rural blacks, and notes the kind of changes that can only be appreciated by one who has lived there before.
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African Laughter, Doris Lessing
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- Released
- 1992
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- Title
- African Laughter
- Subtitle
- Four Visits to Zimbabwe
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Doris Lessing
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Released
- 1992
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN10
- 0002550199
- ISBN13
- 9780002550192
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, Maps & Travel, True Stories, Biographies, History, Travel, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Africa, Zimbabwe
- Original title
- African laughter
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- In this portrait of Doris Lessing's homeland, the author recounts the visits she made to Zimbabwe in 1982, 1988, 1989 and 1992, after being banned from the old Southern Rhodesia for 25 years for her political views and opposition to the minority white Government. The visits constitute a journey to the heart of a country whose history, landscape, people and spirit are evoked by the author in a narrative of detail. She embraces every facet of life in Zimbabwe from the lost animals in the bush to political corruption, from AIDS to a successful communal enterprise created by rural blacks, and notes the kind of changes that can only be appreciated by one who has lived there before.