African Laughter: Four Visits to Zimbabwe

A highly personal story about returning to her African roots by the eminent British writer, African Laughter is also an unforgettable journey to the heart of Doris Lessing's homeland. In it she recounts the visits she made to Zimbabwe in 1982, 1988, 1989 and 1992, after being exiled from the old Southern Rhodesia for twenty-five years for her opposition to the white minority government. Her rich and penetrating narrative encompasses every facet of life in Zimbabwe, from the dwindling of animal life in the bush to political corruption, from the spread of AIDS to the success of a communal enterprise created by poor rural blacks, from the easy mix of races in Zimbabwe today to the new role of women in bringing about social change. SC, 442 pages.