Confronting Mugabe - an exile's return to Zimbabwe

Abstract

In 2008, having lost an election, Robert Mugabe turned to the use of terror. Zimbabweans know this time as 'The Fear'. An exile from his country, the best-selling memoirist Peter Godwin returned to step through the carnage. His new book The Fear develops themes of dictatorship and the courage to resist it. It is writing as storytelling, as political engagement, but also as the only way such tragedy can be faced. 'Writing down will make it safe...' he has written. 'Otherwise what has happened is just too sad. It's just literally, terminally sad. And writing is all I've got.' Recording of an event on Tuesday 12th October 2010 held at the University of Hull. To download and save this audio file right-click on the 'download' link and use 'save link as'; we suggest changing the filename to something more meaningful at this stage. Just clicking the link will normally play the audio on your computer but may not offer you the facility to save the file.

Citation

Confronting Mugabe - an exile's return to Zimbabwe

• Digital Artefact Type: Audio
• Deposit Date: Mar 25, 2011
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: Zimbabwe, Larkin Centre, Visiting writers
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/474659