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Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance
Jul 24, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: memoir, nonfiction, travel
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
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