Versions of land, heritage in Harrison’s ‘Jambanja’

Versions of land, heritage in Harrison’s ‘Jambanja’ Herald 18/1/2020   Elliot Ziwira At the Bookstore Eric Harrison’s “Jambanja” (2006) connotes the ambivalence of vision in relation to the post-2000 Fast Track Land Reform Programme, which is the central issue highlighted, but which, certainly is not the only matter at hand. Harrison taps into nostalgic history …

The Bottom Line

THE BOTTOM LINE By Richard Winkfield   From 1985 to 2000, Richard Winkfield was Director at the Agricultural Research Trust (ART), a world-ranked private research facility in Zimbabwe. During this time he wrote a regular column for The Farmer, a weekly magazine for the agricultural sector, to promote ART’s research activities and to give technical …

Innocent Victims

INNOCENT VICTIMS    Rescuing the stranded animals of Zimbabwe’s farm invasions  Meryl Harrison’s Extraordinary Story  by Catherine Buckle  In December 2002, Meryl Harrison moved a large audience to tears at the BBC Animal Awards Ceremony, having been flown from her native Zimbabwe to receive their Special Award. There she told her tale of the rescue …

Jambanja

 “JAMBANJA” by Eric Harrison This Humorous and devastatingly poignant novel is a fact based story of a white African’s agonising battle to save his home, farm and family from brutal and intimidating terror attacks. Rich in descriptive Narrative of a youthful life in Rhodesia, facing the challenges of a terrorist war and establishing a farming …

All for Nothing?

ALL FOR NOTHING My Life Remembered BY C. G. TRACEY     C G Tracey became a farmer at sixteen at the beginning of the Second World War.     Entrepreneur, businessman, plant-breeder, racehorse owner and breeder, sanctions-buster, chairman and director of many companies, husband, father and gentleman, C.G. was active and involved through the …