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The book is a memoir of Zimbabwe, written by Douglas Rogers who grew up on his parents' farm near the Mozambique border. It was said that the author's perspective highlights the overlooked story of the time, which is the destruction of the black farm workers' lives.
Douglas Rogers, author of The Last Resort, a memoir of Zimbabwe, grew up on his parents' farm near the Mozambique border.
— Episode: Robert Mugabe Part 3: Zimbabwe’s Tsunami
Episode: Robert Mugabe Part 3: Zimbabwe’s Tsunami
The book is a memoir of Zimbabwe, written by Douglas Rogers who grew up on his parents' farm near the Mozambique border. It was said that the author's perspective highlights the overlooked story of the time, which is the destruction of the black farm workers' lives.
Douglas Rogers, author of The Last Resort, a memoir of Zimbabwe, grew up on his parents' farm near the Mozambique border.
So in taking out white farmers, he was doing two things. He was targeting a white minority, but he was also destroying black farm workers in that community.
And that was, to me, that's the overlooked story of that time.