Zimbabwe, 2001.
A nation on the brink. A woman on the run.
When Sibo’s father is arrested for treason, she is branded a British spy and overnight becomes a target. With a five million dollar bounty on her head, Sibo flees into a country fracturing along racial lines.
As land seizures spread and armed militia tighten their grip, Sibo forms a fragile alliance with Adam, a white farmer fighting to hold onto his family's land, putting them both directly in the crosshairs.
As violence escalates and racial tensions ignite, falling in love becomes more dangerous than the regime hunting her. A tense, slow-burn political thriller-romance, about family, courage and desire under surveillance, where loving the wrong person could get you killed.
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Inspired by remarkable true events, Love in Zimbabwe offers an authentic African perspective on a chapter of history rarely explored in fiction.
Set in Zimbabwe in 2001, it's an intimate, cinematic thriller-romance about fractured families, finding courage and discovering what it truly means to belong.
Firstly, can I just say wow, what a read! Once I started, I genuinely couldn't stop. I even took it to the gym with me yesterday evening for a second read...
Ruru Matsitsiro
I really liked it! I love the way the characters start taking shape page after page and I found it very easy to picture each scene, it feels very visual. You go girl!!!
Cristina Andreatta
I love the characters, especially the strong female characters...
I thought it was very visual and cinematic in the way it's written and I could really see and smell the places you were writing about.
Sam Harrie
Experience Zimbabwe as it was in 2001, seen through the eyes of a woman with a price on her head. Sibo’s flight covers a changing country, leading her from the busy Mbare market to the streets of Masvingo and banks of the Limpopo. Every region she crosses raises the stakes of her escape. This map is your guide, the story begins inside.
Hi, I'm Afia, I've spent my working life telling stories through a camera, and with actors on TV shows like Call The Midwife and Coronation Street, as well as short films and the theatre.
This novel carries that same sensibility. It's as visual as a movie, as intense as your favourite TV binge watch and as enjoyable as sitting in the best seat at the theatre.
This is a book about Africa, from an African perspective and for readers who want to feel seen, heard and understood. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I loved writing it.
A series of novels, each set in a different African country and era, in a moment of upheaval. Always a complex woman at the centre, high stakes and unforgettable passion, where political intrigue meets culture and African life.
Log line:
The Assignment: Eliminate the President. The Complication: Falling for the target. In the heat of a modern revolution, can an assassin choose love over her mission?
Synopsis: A contemporary thriller, suspense romance about a female assassin sent to kill
Ibrahim Traore.
What was supposed to be a mission becomes something else entirely when she falls in love with
her target and discovers his decolonisation work is worth dying for and living for.
A story about desire as rebellion, unrequited love and the woman who chooses revolution over compliance.
Release: Coming in 2028
Genre: International Political Thriller | Suspense Romance | Women's Literary Fiction
Setting: Burkina Faso - present day
Themes: Decolonisation, resistance, belonging.
