- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- ISBN: 9781529919196
- Price: £14.00
Chasing Freedom
Coming of Age at the End of Empire
Sathnam Sanghera, author of EmpirelandA fascinating memoir, both intimate and epic, which will teach you more about the legacies of colonialism than a hundred op-eds, or a dozen textbooks
Peter Godwin, author of Exit WoundsA deeply personal and moving exploration of the intersections of history, identity, and belonging … A raw and unflinching account of the search for self amid the burdens of the past
Louis Chude-Sokei, author of Floating in a Most Peculiar WayIn Chasing Freedom, Simukai Chigudu seamlessly blends the history of African colonization and the jagged paths to independence with the story of his remarkable family. But this book is so much more. It is also the story of those for whom these massive global transformations were mere backdrops for growing up across continents, cultures and agendas - of those children of African liberation now empowered to remake the world that colonialism made
Jonny Steinberg, author of Man of Good Hope and Nelson and WinnieSimukai Chigudu’s Chasing Freedom is a raw and moving memoir — a complicated, engrossing, and, ultimately, brilliant portrait of a family navigating the minefields of the postcolonial world
About Simukai Chigudu
Simukai Chigudu is associate professor of African politics at the University of Oxford and fellow of St. Antony’s College. He was previously a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. He is one of the founding members of Rhodes Must Fall in Oxford, a campaign to decolonize the university – and remove the statue of Cecil Rhodes at Oriel College.
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