"Author, Peter Davies was a soldier in Rhodesia from 1963 to 1975, where he took part in the capture and interrogation of terrorists. His novel, Scatterlings of Africa, is based on his own experience during Rhodesia’s war on terror, and personal observations of how terrorist activities impacted Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and its people."

I don't know how anyone can still call our liberation struggle a war on terror. Freedom fighters, terrorists? That right there can only serve to totally discredit him in my opinion.

And I'm not some Mugabe lackey, I'm a Zimbo still in Harare, struggling like the rest of us. Last thing we need is rhetoric churned out by some hungover Rhodie.

One thing about Uncle Bob - he has never (afaik) actually defied the Constitution of our little Republic. Everything he's done, from land seizures to election thievery has been under some Amendment or Presidential Order.

Within the Laws. His laws, of course, but laws nonetheless. That's life.

I've been trying to follow the stories, with a little humour and/or personal issues in between :-) on my blog http://rustygate.org

"...and above all the willingness to engage and discuss it all - that's something you could find on any street corner in Africa."

Afreekah the myth, the single entity, the Dark Continent of Big Smiles and Bigger Animals? Not every street corner is as welcoming as this, and the sheer diversity of cultures and peoples on this continent?

It renders the use of the continental title to define the peoples almost ... colonial in aspect.

Anyway, as a black Zimbabwean, I'm sceptical about anything with Africa in the title, because our identity is less African but more ethnic and national. We don't even like our neighbours :-) (although probably more our fault than theirs)