When the Tree is Dry

It's 2008, and Zimbabwe is reeling from biting poverty and repression. With hyperinflation, workers’ salaries have devalued to nothing by the time they draw the money from the bank, and unemployment soars as companies close. Hunger has created a nation desperate for change, but the cutthroat clique in government is equally desperate to cling to power. They are afraid of losing their ill-gotten fortunes and being made to pay for past crimes against humanity.

London-based Claire is an amateur ...