Monday, March 28, 2005

Staying On, Amid Zimbabwe's Madness

Staying On, Amid Zimbabwe's Madness: "COMMENTARY
Staying On, Amid Zimbabwe's Madness
My parents cling to their home in the face of Mugabe's hostility.

Times Headlines

Staying On, Amid Zimbabwe's Madness

COMMENTARY

By Douglas Rogers, Douglas Rogers is a freelance journalist based in New York.


The dogs come in from the east: snarling, bone-thin mongrels the size of terriers, their howls echoing down the valley to the farmhouse. Following behind them, hacking their way through the bush with sticks and metal slashers, come their owners, six men usually, squatters from the neighboring farm who are ready to beat off the hounds after they have run down a zebra, bush buck or impala. "

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