African Tears

African Tears is the story of the invasion of Stow Farm in Marondera in 2000 by war veterans and supporters of Robert Mugabe. Home alone when men threw bricks at the gate shouting HONDO (war) this book describes how Cathy Buckle and her family endured seven months of anguish living side by side with land invaders. African Tears describes Zimbabwe's descent into chaos and anarchy, political violence and the collapse of agriculture and food security.