Based on the prize-winning novel by Dambudzo Marechera, on growing up black in white Rhodesia, and the exiled writer's return to the newly liberated Zimbabwe.
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Claudius Maredza
Narrator
Zvangendaba Juma
Narrator as a Boy
Stephen Chigorimbo
Harry
Susan Chenjerayi
Mother
Rekai Tangwena
Old Man
Agnes Gambura
Immaculate
John Indi
Peter
Rebecca Radajewska
Patricia
Willard Duri
Philip
Frederick Nyazota
Father
Peter Van Aswegen
Cafe Owner
Chacks Kangwara
Harry's Friend 1
David Mumemo
Harry's Friend 2
Richard Zimba
Harry's Friend 3
Gertrude Jube
Julia
