Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa by Peter Godwin

Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa

Peter Godwin

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

432 pages | first published 1996

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Mukiwa opens with Peter Godwin, six years old, describing the murder of his neighbor by African guerillas, in 1964, pre-war Rhodesia. Godwin's parents are liberal whites, his mother a governement-employed doctor, his father an engineer. Through hi...
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Summary of 69 reviews

Moods

dark 100%
emotional 100%
sad 100%
informative 66%
challenging 33%
inspiring 33%
reflective 33%
tense 33%

Pace

medium 66%
slow 33%

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4.03

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