Peter Godwin

Peter Godwin 

Zimbabwean journalist, filmmaker, and former human rights lawyer

Peter Godwin is a Zimbabwean author, journalist, filmmaker, and former human rights lawyer. He has reported from over 60 countries and is the author of “The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe.” His film “The Industry of Death,” an exploration of the sex trade in Thailand, won the gold medal for investigative film at the New York Film Festival. Godwin has taught writing at the New School, Princeton University, and Columbia University, and served as a 2010 Guggenheim Fellow and a MacDowell Fellow. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Peter 's Books

The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe

Peter Godwin 
Mukiwa_ A White Boy in Africa (1997)

Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa

Peter Godwin 
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun (2006)

When a Crocodile Eats the Sun

Peter Godwin 
The Fear - Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe (2011)

The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe

Peter Godwin 

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