Chigudu simukai (81 risultati)

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Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. An exquisitely crafted memoir, sweeping from Zimbabwe to Oxford, that lays bare the violent, enduring legacy of colonialism on both a country and a familySimukai Chigudu grew up in the shadow of Africas struggles for liberation. As he navigates the tangled threads of personal and political history, he is guided by one central question: What does it mean to be truly free?Chigudu's father fought in a guerilla war against the white supremacist regime of Rhodesia. He met Chigudus mother while in exile in Uganda. After spending seven years apart, they reunite to build a life in newly independent Zimbabwe, hoping to offer their son the opportunities they never had. Yet Chigudu grows up in a world where colonialism never fully ended. Racism persists: in the elite, white-run prep schools that groom him for life outside of Africa; in the British university where he is the only Black man in his class of 250; and finally as an Oxford professor, where a statue of the man who colonized his homelandCecil Rhodesstands proudly on campus. As Zimbabwe convulses in the aftershocks of empire, facing political turmoil and economic collapse, Chigudu sees a parallel unravelling in his own family. His father, scarred by war, has turned to alcohol; his mother has grown distant and sorrowful.In this gorgeous and atmospheric family memoir, Chigudu embarks on a quest to understand how the trauma of decolonization has shaped not only his country, but his very identityas an African, a migrant, a Black man, a doctor, a scholar, and a son. What he discovers is that colonization is a potent force that continues to upend lives and institutions. Chasing Freedom is an intimate reckoning with the ghosts of the past that haunt our politics and our psyches in ways we cant always see. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardback or Cased Book. Condizione: New. Chasing Freedom: Coming of Age at the End of Empire. Book.

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Hardback. Condizione: New. A stunning memoir that transforms our understanding of a generation born at a key turning point in world history'Very moving, very powerful . . . an extraordinarily interesting life' AMOL RAJAN'A rough Zimbabwean equivalent of Jung Chang's Wild Swans' Financial Times'Beautifully written . . . a truly compelling read' SpectatorIntimate and epic' SATHNAM SANGHERAIn my home country, they call me a 'bornfree'.Simukai Chigudu was one of the first generation to be born after the end of colonial rule in Zimbabwe. Growing up he heard stories about his grandfather's murder by the Rhodesian regime, how his father had been imprisoned and tortured as a student before joining the war of independence, and how his mother had thrown off the strictures of the past to build a successful career helping other women do the same. Yet Simukai's early life was also steeped in British tradition. With his classmates he sang English folk songs, read Shakespeare, played cricket.Then, in 2002, he was one of thousands to leave the country as it descended into political violence and economic collapse. His new home: a boarding school in the north of England. What followed was a culture shock that unravelled his understanding of the world, his family and himself.Chasing Freedom is his profound and remarkably moving story - that of a boy shaped through his parents' buried trauma by the great currents of late-twentieth century history. It is the story of a family haunted by the cause of liberation, and of a new generation, still searching for their promised freedom.'Left me breathless with the shock of recognition . . . like all great memoirs, it is somewhat uncategorisable . . . devastating . . . definitive . . . full of arresting and poignant reflections, potent and often funny' NESRINE MALIK, Guardian'A work of real power and beauty as well as disarming truthfulness' AMIA SRINIVASAN, author of The Right to Sex'Utterly captivating . . . told with such clarity and precision that I forgot I was reading' DINA NAYERI, author of The Ungrateful Refugee'Will teach you more about the legacies of colonialism than a hundred op-eds or a dozen textbooks' SATHNAM SANGHERA, author of Empireland'Simukai Chigudu writes compellingly, lucidly and beautifully . . . an eye-opener' ZEINAB BADAWI, author of An African History of Africa.…

Hardback. Condizione: New.

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Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. A stunning memoir that transforms our understanding of a generationIn my home country, they call me a 'bornfree'.Simukai Chigudu was one of the first generation to be born after the end of colonial rule in Zimbabwe. Growing up he heard stories about his grandfather's murder by the Rhodesian regime, how his father had been imprisoned and tortured as a student before joining the bloody war of independence as a guerilla, and how his mother had thrown off the strictures of the past to build a successful career helping other women do the same. Yet Simukai's early life was also steeped in British tradition. With his classmates he sang English folk songs, read Shakespeare, played cricket.Then, in 2002, he was one of thousands to leave the country as it descended into political violence and economic collapse. His new home: a boarding school in the north of England. What followed was a culture shock that unravelled his understanding of the world, his family and himself.Chasing Freedom is his profound and remarkably moving story - that of a boy shaped through his parents' buried trauma by the great currents of late-twentieth century history. It is the story of a family haunted by the cause of liberation, and of a new generation, still searching for their promised freedom. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 288 pages. 9.25x6.12x0.71 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 288 pages. 9.25x6.12x0.71 inches. In Stock.

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -A stunning memoir that transforms our understanding of a generation born at a key turning point in world history'Very moving, very powerful . . . an extraordinarily interesting life' AMOL RAJAN'A rough Zimbabwean equivalent of Jung Chang's Wild Swans' Financial Times'Beautifully written . . . a truly compelling read' Spectator'Intimate and epic' SATHNAM SANGHERAIn my home country, they call me a 'bornfree'.Simukai Chigudu was one of the first generation to be born after the end of colonial rule in Zimbabwe. Growing up he heard stories about his grandfather's murder by the Rhodesian regime, how his father had been imprisoned and tortured as a student before joining the war of independence, and how his mother had thrown off the strictures of the past to build a successful career helping other women do the same. Yet Simukai's early life was also steeped in British tradition. With his classmates he sang English folk songs, read Shakespeare, played cricket.Then, in 2002, he was one of thousands to leave the country as it descended into political violence and economic collapse. His new home: a boarding school in the north of England. What followed was a culture shock that unravelled his understanding of the world, his family and himself.Chasing Freedom is his profound and remarkably moving story - that of a boy shaped through his parents' buried trauma by the great currents of late-twentieth century history. It is the story of a family haunted by the cause of liberation, and of a new generation, still searching for their promised freedom.'A work of real power and beauty as well as disarming truthfulness' AMIA SRINIVASAN, author of The Right to Sex'Utterly captivating . . . told with such clarity and precision that I forgot I was reading' DINA NAYERI, author of The Ungrateful Refugee'Will teach you more about the legacies of colonialism than a hundred op-eds or a dozen textbooks' SATHNAM SANGHERA, author of Empireland'Simukai Chigudu writes compellingly, lucidly and beautifully . . . an eye-opener' ZEINAB BADAWI, author of An African History of Africa 352 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -A stunning memoir that transforms our understanding of a generation born at a key turning point in world history'Very moving, very powerful . . . an extraordinarily interesting life' AMOL RAJAN'A rough Zimbabwean equivalent of Jung Chang's Wild Swans' Financial Times'Beautifully written . . . a truly compelling read' Spectator'Intimate and epic' SATHNAM SANGHERAIn my home country, they call me a 'bornfree'.Simukai Chigudu was one of the first generation to be born after the end of colonial rule in Zimbabwe. Growing up he heard stories about his grandfather's murder by the Rhodesian regime, how his father had been imprisoned and tortured as a student before joining the war of independence, and how his mother had thrown off the strictures of the past to build a successful career helping other women do the same. Yet Simukai's early life was also steeped in British tradition. With his classmates he sang English folk songs, read Shakespeare, played cricket.Then, in 2002, he was one of thousands to leave the country as it descended into political violence and economic collapse. His new home: a boarding school in the north of England. What followed was a culture shock that unravelled his understanding of the world, his family and himself.Chasing Freedom is his profound and remarkably moving story - that of a boy shaped through his parents' buried trauma by the great currents of late-twentieth century history. It is the story of a family haunted by the cause of liberation, and of a new generation, still searching for their promised freedom.'A work of real power and beauty as well as disarming truthfulness' AMIA SRINIVASAN, author of The Right to Sex'Utterly captivating . . . told with such clarity and precision that I forgot I was reading' DINA NAYERI, author of The Ungrateful Refugee'Will teach you more about the legacies of colonialism than a hundred op-eds or a dozen textbooks' SATHNAM SANGHERA, author of Empireland'Simukai Chigudu writes compellingly, lucidly and beautifully . . . an eye-opener' ZEINAB BADAWI, author of An African History of Africa 352 pp. Englisch.…