WEALTH OF IDEAS

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Only on Saturday I discussed Peter Godwin with a Facebook (now real life) friend at the Sacramento Writers' Conference. When she found out I was from Zimbabwe she told me she had just finished reading an amazing book by a Zimbabwean author, entitled When Crocodile Eats the Sun . I knew the title but I had forgotten that it was written by Peter Godwin, but because we were talking about memoirs, I ended up telling her that I had loved Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa , a book which came out in 1997 (Harper), right when I was beginning to miss home. So anything that reminded me of home, food items, newspapers stories, books, anything, would have sufficed. Mukiwa was extraordinary in its balanced approach to the story of growing up in Zimbabwe, marketed by Harper Perenial as Africa. My friend said, "Well then, if you liked Mukiwa , you will love When Crocodile Eats the Sun." "I'll look for it, " I promised. Then today I visited Zimbabwe's Artsinitiates websi...