Historian Simukai Chigudu's memoir "Chasing Freedom" explores how political independence from colonial rule in Zimbabwe did not automatically guarantee personal freedom for the "Born Free" generation, as he traces his own struggle with identity across Zimbabwe, Britain, and beyond. Chigudu examines how his parents' sacrifice during the liberation struggle and his elite education left him caught between cultures, ultimately leading him to activism around issues of neo-colonialism and institutional racism.
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Historian Simukai Chigudu's memoir "Chasing Freedom" explores how political independence from colonial rule in Zimbabwe did not automatically guarantee personal freedom for the "Born Free" generation, as he traces his own struggle with identity across Zimbabwe, Britain, and beyond. Chigudu examines how his parents' sacrifice during the liberation struggle and his elite education left him caught between cultures, ultimately leading him to activism around issues of neo-colonialism and institutional racism.