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Stories Set in Zimbabwe
Between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers in southern Africa, Zimbabwe is highveld country with farmland and stone hills. White-minority rule in Rhodesia fell after the 1970s liberation war, and independence in 1980 was followed by land seizures and economic crisis that pushed many abroad. House of Children and Zambezia sit on its shelf as very different doors into its places. Open Zimbabwe on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
Open Zimbabwe on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Zimbabwe
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Browse 26 books and 11 movies set in Zimbabwe.
The Game Changers
From the UFC Octagon in Las Vegas and the anthropology lab at Dartmouth to a strongman gym in Berlin and the bushlands of Zimbabwe the world is introduced to elite athletes special ops soldiers visionary scientists…
House of Children
A glimpse of life as seen through young people at a Zimbabwean children's home.
Zambezia
Set in a bustling bird city on the edge of the majestic Victoria Falls "Zambezia" is the story of Kai - a naïve but high-spirited young falcon who travels to the bird city of "Zambezia" where he discovers the truth…
Arthur & George
As boys, George, the son of a Midlands vicar, and Arthur, living in shabby genteel Edinburgh, find themselves in a vast and complex world at the heart of the British Empire. Years later—one struggling with his identity…
Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa
The Barnes & Noble ReviewJanuary 1998 Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa is the story of Peter Godwin's experiences growing up in Rhodesia. He recounts the story of that country's violent transformation into Zimbabwe, as…
Middlemarch
Taking place in the years leading up to the First Reform Bill of 1832, Middlemarch explores nearly every subject of concern to modern life: art, religion, science, politics, self, society, human relationships. Among her…
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.With Pulitzer Prize winners…
The Man in the Brown Suit
Newly-orphaned Anne Beddingfeld is a nice English girl looking for a bit of adventure in London. But she stumbles upon more than she bargained for! Anne is on the platform at Hyde Park Corner tube station when a man…
Every Breath
In the romantic tradition of The Notebook and Nights in Rodanthe, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with a story about a chance encounter that becomes a touchstone for two vastly different…
Blind Ambition
The inspiring story of four Zimbabwean men who form their country’s first Wine Tasting Olympics team and the mission that drives them to compete.
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