Angus Shaw (born February 1949 in Salisbury, now Harare) is a Zimbabwean journalist, and novelist.
Life edit
Born in 1949, Shaw was orphaned in 1958, and sent to England for school. He joined the Rhodesia Herald in 1972. In 1975, he was conscripted into the Rhodesian Security Forces, but deserted to report on nationalist exiles in Lusaka and Dar es Salaam. He worked for the state-controlled Sunday Mail newspaper. He reported on Idi Amin's Ugandan death camps, and Somalia.[1] In February 2005, he was jailed for reporting on Robert Mugabe during the decline of Zimbabwe. He reports for the Associated Press.[2]
Works edit
- Kandaya: another time, another place. Baobab Books. 1993. ISBN 978-0-908311-60-6.
- Mutoko Madness. Boundary Books. 2013. ISBN 978-0797454934.
References edit
- ^ "Postcards from Hell", A Raphaele Ciriello
- ^ Jeff Barbee (9 April 2005). "On the run, again". The Guardian.
External links edit
- "Angus Shaw", Zimbabwe Journalists
- "Angus Shaw", News Cred[permanent dead link]
- "Angus Shaw", Newsvine
- "Angus Shaw", Associated Press
- "Angus Shaw", Literary Encyclopedia
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