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    The Trek and Other Stories
    The Trek and Other Stories
    The Trek and Other Stories
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    The Trek and Other Stories

    By Lawrence Hoba

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    Much has been said over the last decade about the forcible eviction of the white farmers in Zimbabwe, less about the plight of the farm-workers, while the voice of the new settlers, and militia manipulated for a cause, has remained virtually unheard. This short but powerful anthology, The Trek and Other Stories, provides sensitive and illuminating, wry and comic perspectives on those people who occupied the land believing their future was golden, only for it to crumble in front of their faces.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWeaver Press
    Release dateDec 1, 2009
    ISBN9781779222305
    The Trek and Other Stories
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    Lawrence Hoba

    Lawrence Hoba was born in 1983 in Masvingo. He studied Tourism and Hospitality Management at the University of Zimbabwe. He represents a new generation of budding writers who are determined to have their voices heard but recognizes that writing is more art than impulse. Hoba’s short stories and poetry have appeared in the Mirror, the magazine of the Budding Writers of Zimbabwe, and various blogsites including www.zimbablog.com. Lawrence was published in Writing Now (2005) and Laughing Now (2007) and has currently completed working on a collection of his short stories.

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