Catherine Buckle

Catherine "Cathy" Buckle (alizaliwa 1957 katika Southern Rhodesia, sasa Zimbabwe) ni mwandishi na mwanablogu anayejulikana kwa blogu yake *“Letters from Zimbabwe”*, inayojumuisha maandishi, picha, kumbukumbu binafsi na vipindi vya vyombo vya habari. Katika kazi zake, huandika kuhusu wanyamapori, uhifadhi wa mazingira, mimea na viumbe hai wa nchi yake.

Maandishi

Buckle ameandika vitabu vinne vya watoto, ambapo kimojawapo, *“The Animals of the Shashani”*, kilichaguliwa mwaka 2018 na Zimbabwe School Examinations Council kuwa kitabu cha kiada kwa wanafunzi wa Kidato cha 1 na 2 wanaosoma fasihi ya Kiingereza nchini Zimbabwe.

Miongoni mwa kumbukumbu zake (*memoirs*), *African Tears* inaelezea simulizi yake binafsi kuhusu uvamizi wa mashamba ulioruhusiwa na serikali, likiwemo shamba lake alilonunua baada ya uhuru wa Zimbabwe. Kitabu hicho kilichapishwa kwa mfululizo katika vyombo vya habari kama The Sunday Times, *Femina* na *Rapport*.

Katika kitabu *Innocent Victims – Rescuing the stranded animals of Zimbabwe's farm invasions*, Buckle anaelezea juhudi za Zimbabwe Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals katika kuwaokoa wanyama waliokwama wakati wa uvamizi wa mashamba.

Orodha ya vitabu

*African Tears. The Zimbabwe Land Invasions.* (2001)
*Beyond Tears. Zimbabwe's Tragedy.* (2002)
*Innocent Victims – Rescuing the Stranded Animals of Zimbabwe's Farm Invasions.* (2009)
*Imire. The Life and Times of Norman Travers.* (2010)
*Can You Hear the Drums: Letters from Zimbabwe 2000–2004.* (2013)
*Millions, Billions, Trillions: Letters from Zimbabwe 2005–2009.* (2014)
*Sleeping Like a Hare* (2015)
*Rundi: Hand Rearing Baby Elephants.* (2016)
*When Winners Are Losers: Letters from Zimbabwe 2009–2013.* (2018)
*Finding Our Voices: Letters from Zimbabwe 2013–2017.* (2018)
*Surviving Zimbabwe* (2020)

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