Going Home
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"Africa belongs to the Africans; the sooner they take it back the better. But a country also belongs to those who feel at home in it. Perhaps it may be that love of Africa the country will be strong enough to link people who hate each other now. Perhaps..."Going Homeis Doris Lessing's account of her first journey back to Africa, the land in which she grew up and in which so much of her emotion and her concern are still invested. Returning to Southern Rhodesia in 1956, she found that her love of Africa had remained as strong as her hatred of the idea of "white supremacy" espoused by its ruling class. Going Homeevokes brilliantly the experience of the people, black and white, who have shaped and will shape a beloved country.
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The Last Resort: A Memoir of Zimbabwe Shares africa, zimbabwe, memoir -
Casting with a Fragile Thread: A Story of Sisters and Africa Shares africa, memoir, zimbabwe -
Negro with a Hat: The Rise and Fall of Marcus Garvey and His Dream of Mother Africa Shares biography, africa, memoir -
Playing in the Light Shares africa, fiction, race
