African laughter four visits to zimbabwe by doris lessing history is important books that describe event in history are likely to fall short of how the people who lived during the events reacted to the events this is why athrolopoligical books are good in this book doris visited zimbabwe in 4 different times. Unlike most biography based books on the country many of which have been written about or prominently featuring the war years mukiwa a white boy in africa or dont lets go to the dogs tonight an african childhood as examples lessing focuses on the birth and formative days of zimbabwe documenting four of her visits between 1982 and 1992. A rich and penetrating portrait of doris lessings homeland african laughterrecounts the visits she made to zimbabwe in 1982 1988 1989 and 1992 after being banned from the old southern rhodesia for 25 years for her political beliefs and opposition to the minority white government the visits constitute an unforgettable journey to the heart of a . Sep 05 2020 by mickey spillane free reading four visits to zimbabwe by doris lessing doris lessing grew up in southern rhodesia now zimbabwe this book describes four trips she took to her former homeland in the 80s early 90s each of the sections leans heavily on her impressions of the