House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-torn ZimbabweOnce considered an idyllic place to live, the beautiful land of Eastern Zimbabwe turned into a bloody battleground and center of a violent campaign in August 2002. One morning, white farmer Nigel Hough came face-to-face with a crowd of black war veterans at his gates, who demanded that he hand over his homestead or he would be killed. To his shock, he saw that the leader of this mob was his family's much-loved nanny, Aqui, who told him, There is no place for whites in this country. The intertwined voices of Nigel and Aqui bring immediacy and emotion to the history of the brutal civil war and independence. In riveting interviews, readers learn about two people on opposing sides who were born within a few miles of each other--Nigel, who played cricket and piloted his own plane, and Aqui, who grew up in a mud hut and was often hungry. The personal accounts document the terrible trajectory of the last British colony to become independent, as well as the descent into madness of Robert Mugabe, one of Africa's most respected nationalist leaders. |
Contents
1 Zhakatas Kraal 1970 1 | 1 |
2 Riversdale Farm Headlands 1971 18 | 18 |
3 Zhakatas Kraal 1973 37 | 37 |
4 Train to Salisbury 1974 49 | 49 |
5 Zhakatas Kraal 1974 61 | 61 |
6 Salisbury 1976 81 | 81 |
7 Marondera 1980 92 | 92 |
8 Salisbury 1980 109 | 109 |
12 Guanghzou China 1991 158 | 158 |
13 Marondera 1999 172 | 172 |
14 New Life Centre Church Marondera 16 April 2000 191 | 191 |
15 Zhakatas Kraal 2001 212 | 212 |
16 Kendor Farm May 2002 227 | 227 |
17 Kendor Farm 5 August 2002 247 | 247 |
postscript 263 | 263 |
Great Zimbabwe November 2005 267 | 267 |
9 Dombotombo township Marondera 1986 119 | 119 |
10 Victoria Falls 1990 133 | 133 |
11 Marondera 1993 146 | 146 |
chronology 285 | 285 |
glossary 289 | 289 |
Other editions - View all
House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-torn Zimbabwe Christina Lamb No preview available - 2007 |
House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-torn Zimbabwe Christina Lamb No preview available - 2009 |
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