Chasing Freedom

About the book

A stunning memoir that transforms our understanding of a generation born at a key turning point in world history
'Very moving, very powerful . . . an extraordinarily interesting life' AMOL RAJAN
'A rough Zimbabwean equivalent of Jung Chang's Wild Swans' Financial Times
'Beautifully written . . . a truly compelling read' Spectator
Intimate and epic' SATHNAM SANGHERA
In my home country, they call me a 'bornfree'.
Simukai Chigudu was one of the first generation to be born after the end of colonial rule in Zimbabwe. Growing up he heard stories about his grandfather's murder by the Rhodesian regime, how his father had been imprisoned and tortured as a student before joining the war of...