Fuller, Alexandra — Growing Up White in Africa
In the late summer of 2003 Radio Curious visited with Alexandra Fuller who, as a child lived in Rhodesia, Malawi and Zambia in southeast Africa between 1972 and 1990. After her father sided with the white government in the Rhodesian civil war, he was often away from home. Fuller’s resilient and self-sufficient mother immersed herself in their rural and rugged life. She taught her children to have strong wills and opinions, and to whole-heartedly embrace life, despite and because of their difficult circumstances. Alexandra Fuller, author of “Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood,” known as Bobo to her family, developed a love of reading and story telling early on in her life.
When I spoke with Alexandra Fuller in September 2003 her home was in rural Wyoming. We visited by phone and began our conversation when I asked her how she choose the title for her book, “Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood.”
The book Alexandra Fuller recommends is “Echoing Silences,” by Alexander Canigone.
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