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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Shocking Revelations,
By Sergio Almeida (Sao Paulo, SP Brazil) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Winds of Havoc: A Memoir of Adventure and Destruction in Deepest Africa (Hardcover)
If there is a single book that informs and clarifies issues pertaining to Africa, from European colonization to the new millennium, this is the one. I am a seasoned collector of books on Africa. Nothing on my shelves, however, can compare with The Winds of Havoc. Adelino SERRAS PIRES and Fiona CAPSTICK have an intimate knowledge of Africa and I personally know many of the people mentioned in this book. I also had the honor of working with Adelino in Africa in the 1980s. This book confirms the courage and honesty he has retained throughout his turbulent life, qualities he never abandoned when many other people would have been tempted to give in to their tormentors. There are shocking revelations in this book as the reader is taken on a unique odyssey into many African countries, witnessing the fate of the wildlife as the winds of change became gales of violence which spared nothing and nobody. The book is an education. Adelino's extraordinary life and Fiona Capstick's ability with words make this book a compelling, disturbing experience. Buy it before the first printing sells out!
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gripping, love and pain, lots and lots of truth,
By Andre Thomashausen (Johannesburg, South Africa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Winds of Havoc: A Memoir of Adventure and Destruction in Deepest Africa (Hardcover)
The Winds of Havoc is much more than an adventure or hunting novel. I want to congratulate the authors Fiona and Adelino on a very special, genuine and valuable contribution to the modern history of Mozambique, and also of post-colonial Africa generally. From my experience as a scholar of contemporary Mozambican affairs, as an active participant in the Mozambique peace process 1989-1995, and as Special Advisor to the then Special Representative of the Secretary General of the UN, Mr Aldo Ajello, I can recommend this book as essential reading. But most of all, it reads easily and really well. It takes you on a journey of adventure and passion and tragedy, and I found it impossible to put it down before I had come to the last page.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lies exposed,
By "manual@vvw.co.zw" (Luanda, ANGOLA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Winds of Havoc: A Memoir of Adventure and Destruction in Deepest Africa (Hardcover)
I am black and I am angry. I live in Africa, The Winds of Havoc has been a revelation because finally, the lies that went with the turf of our liberation are beginning to be exposed. This book is a good start, I salute you Adelino Serras Pires
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