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Biography

Buckle is a single mother living in rural

. Buckle graduated from the

University of Rhodesia The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) is a public university in Harare, Zimbabwe. It opened in 1952 as the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and was initially affiliated with the University of London. It was later renamed the University ...

in 1979, having originally trained as a social worker. Her blog, "Letters from Zimbabwe", includes print, photos, personal entries, and broadcast media outlets. She writes stories about wildlife, conservation, flora, and fauna of her country. She is passionate about sharing the beauty of Zimbabwe.

Writings

Buckle has written four children's books; one of which was selected as a set book for in Zimbabwean senior schools for English literature students in 2017. One of her memoirs, ''African Tears'', chronicles the personal story of the government approved invasion of her farm bought after Zimbabwean independence. ''African Tears'' was serialized in

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, Femina magazine and Rapport newspaper. In the book, ''Innocent Victims – Rescuing the stranded animals of Zimbabwe’s farm invasions,'' Buckle informs readers of Zimbabwe Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals's rescues of animals during the farm invasions. Within the regular e-mail blog, ''Letter from Zimbabwe'', readers can be informed of the cruelty to animals during land invasions as well as the efforts in bringing perpetrators to justice.

Bibliography

* ''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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* 1957 births White Rhodesian people Rhodesian people of British descent Zimbabwean women farmers Zimbabwean non-fiction writers People from Harare Living people Zimbabwean women children's writers 20th-century Zimbabwean women writers 21st-century Zimbabwean women writers University of Zimbabwe alumni {{Zimbabwe-writer-stub