The Inheritance Read online

  My thanks to the scholars whose work on land reform and women’s rights in sub-Saharan Africa informed and inspired me: Anne Whitehead, Dzodzi Tsikata, Maureen Kambarami, Lesley Gray and Michael Kevane.

  The KAITE project in Zimbabwe, which supports small-scale, sustainable farming, and SOS Children’s Villages are real-life initiatives that also inspired me and deserve recognition for the tremendous difference they make to people’s lives.

  Thank you to James: for filling my life with words and song.

  And to my two precious daughters: be brave, be strong.