Catherine Buckle

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name = Catherine Buckle


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birthplace = Rhodesia
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occupation = Farmer, writer
nationality = Zimbabwean
period = 2000–present
genre = Non fiction
subject = Land reform in Zimbabwe
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Catherine Buckle or Cathy Buckle is a writer living in Marondera, Zimbabwe. She and her husband bought "Stow Farm" and spent over ten years turning its rocky grounds into fertile soil, making the farm productive and viable. However, in 2000 she lost her farm, home and livelihood to a group of "war veterans" who claimed rights to her land.

Buckle has written three books for children. Most recently she has written "African Tears" and "Beyond Tears"', two books telling about her struggle after she lost her farm and how, when she returned to it two years later, it had been turned into a squatter camp.Despite heavy pressures on writers by the Zimbabwean Government, Buckle writes a weekly e-mail telling of the current situation in Zimbabwe which is sent around the globe.