Book Review - Mukiwa by Peter Godwin
Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa by Peter Godwin Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa | Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Worth Reading Rhodesia in the 1970s stands as one of history's most intriguing anomalies—a fully functioning economy, internationally isolated, ruled by a tiny white minority of about 7% who controlled the government, military, and economy while disenfranchising the 93% Black majority. The book that captures this paradox at its core, portraying a state born from defiance: in 1965, the white minority government unilaterally declared independence (UDI) from Britain, rechristening itself Rhodesia. Rhodesia practiced white minority rule with a veneer of civility, a "multiracial" facade that fooled no one. Black people knew there was no path to reform; whites knew majority rule was inevitable. It was rotten from the start, a losing battle against the tide of history. The 1970s Bush War escalated into terrorism, cross-border incursions from Mozambique, and full civil war. In the en...