when a crocidile eats the sun: a memoir of africa by peter goodwin.

it tells one mans story about growing up in zimbabwe. its really a story about everything going on there now. all the political upheaval and problems. and its great because most of the people involved are people that he gew up with. and it has an interconnected story about the downfall of his country coinciding with his father becoming gravely ill. excellent read b/c its current history but almost told like a novel even though it's his life story.

and its crazy b/c i feel like i haven't heard a lot about the problems in zimbabwe but as soon as i finished this book there was an article in the paper about how this past weekend dispatch did a weekend of concerts at madison square garden and all the proceeds went to helping zimbabwe.