The Fear by Peter Godwin

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This is the long version of Marco’s interview with Peter Godwin, author of The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe. Godwin is a journalist and writer who grew up in Zimbabwe when it was still Rhodesia. He returned once more in 2008 expecting to celebrate the end of Mugabe’s rule. Instead he witnessed an orchestrated campaign of terror that allowed Mugabe to cling to power. The Fear is Godwin’s account of that time. It is both a catalogue of human rights abuses and a lyrical, angry, deeply personal narrative about going home to a shattered dream. Download MP3

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  • Anonymous

     Heya Jeb, coming from Zim  I’m quietly crying. And SA’s been no help in these trying times. I’m really loving the critical parts of your writing though. Was listening to Elaine’s book report http://bookreportradio.com/archives.html , and Godwin came up :)

  • Anonymous

    Was just lisrening to Peter Godwin on his take of RObert Mugabe: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2011/apr/08/fear/ …was good to just hear about the old country. And seriously peeps – Zim is the bread basket of Africa!