Chasing Freedom is the story of the inheritance of violence, of struggle, of African liberation. It is guided by one central question: what does it mean to be truly free? In this memoir, Simukai Chigudu recounts his path from growing up in newly independent Zimbabwe to becoming a professor of African politics at the University of Oxford.

He traces the tangled threads of personal and political history to give a new perspective on race, class, identity and the heavy legacy of colonialism. It is an intimate reckoning with the ghosts of the past that haunt our politics and our psyches in ways we cannot always see.

Published by The Bodley Head in March, it is available for pre-order here.