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Description
Excellent book which tells what life was really like for white and black people in Africa from 1975 on. Well written and funny.
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Summary
Alexandra Fuller (Bobo) gives an outstanding account of her life as a white person growing up in Africa from 1975 on. Well written and funny this book tells the truth behind the scenes of every day life for both white and black people in Africa as it struggles with war, famine and sickness.
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Alexandra Fuller (Bobo): The author herself is the main character telling the story of how she grew up and of her family's struggle to survive through war, illness and famine.
First Sentence
Mum says, "Don't come creeping into our room at night." They sleep with loaded guns beside them on the bedside rugs.
Table of Contents
Rhodesia 1975
Getting There: Zambia, 1987
Chimurenga: Zambia 1999
Chimurenga: The Beginning
Adrian: Rhodesia, 1968
Coming-Back Babies
Karoi
The Burma Valley
War, 1976
Vanessa
Missionaries: 1975
Olivia: January 1978
Chimurenga: 1979
Violet
Selling, School
Independence
Losing Robandi
Devuli
Matare General
Loo Paper and Coke
Charlie Chilvers, Richard
Nervous Breakdown
Moving On
Malawi
Touching the Ground, The Goat Shed
Mkushi
Balm in the wounds
The Last Christmas
Charlie
Now
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