The Kevin Woods Story | Kevin Woods

Subtitle: In the Shadow of Mugabe's Gallows
Author: Kevin Woods
Publisher: 30 Degrees South Publishers (2008)
ISBN-10: 1920143378
ISBN-13: 9781920143374
Condition: Very Good. Light wear to cover corners.
Binding: Softcover
Pages: 304
Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm
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by Kevin Woods
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Kevin Woods was sentenced to death in Zimbabwe and jailed for twenty years by Robert Mugabe. For more than five years of his detention he was held in the shadow of Mugabe's gallows, cut off from the world, naked and in solitary confinement. He had been a senior member of Mugabe's dreaded Central Intelligence Organization, the CIO, and was jailed for committing politically motivated offences, on behalf of the white South African government, against the ANC in Zimbabwe.

From Mugabe's confidant to condemned prisoner he recounts his life on the edge, as a double agent. He explains the desolation of being abandoned by South Africa when he was compromised and he details his lone fight to maintain his humanity, self-dignity and sanity in a prison system that belongs to the Middle Ages.