Doris Lessing has left her book collection to libraries in Zimbabwe.
The Nobel Prize-winning novelist, who passed away last year, helped start libraries in Zimbabwe after the country became independent in 1980. Her donation includes more than 3,000 books.
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“For us she continues to live,” said 42-year-old Kempson Mudenda, who worked with Lessing when she established the Africa Community Publishing and Development Trust.
“The libraries she helped set up are giving life to village children who would otherwise be doomed,” said Mudenda, who said he used to trudge bush paths daily to reach remote villages with books.