Blood, Sweat and Treason Kindle Edition

Henry Olonga is an all African. He is a hero on and off the cricket pitch. Not only a very accomplished cricketer but a true Zimbabwean. Having lived through some of these events written in this book I can say Henry captures things on paper that not too many have written about. I hope my fellow Zimbabweans get a chance to read this book. As well as everyone across the world, cricket fan or not. This is a very moving story. I highly recommend it. Thank you Henry Olonga for writing this book.

Fantastic story. What a life! Inspiring stuff, and well written.

There is no self agrandisement, no self pity, just a young man's view of living life as you know it as a child and later realising propaganda is not always the truth and afterwards where life must be so different. Oh! to never be allowed back to the country you grew up in!I have heard Henry's music and seen some of his paintings - he is very talented and I look forward to the next installment of his life!

Very interesting read. Would intrigue the interest of those who follow cricket and the politics of Zimbabwe.I have always wondered what ever happened to him. It is a bit lop sided towards the writer, but an amazing story.

I kinda liked this. Partly because I know many of the places and even people he mentions, but also because I like his christian honesty, innocence and humility. God gives him the courage to make his stand, and then sees him safely to a better future.This book covers that sort of end of the limbo period in Zimbabwe where life was still OK but the cracks were really starting to appear. The end of the comfortable life for the whites, which they had taken for granted. He gives an objective account of the simmering racism, hostility, inequality and negativity- on both sides- without resentment or bitterness. He depicts this mostly fractured and alienated country, sharply divided between ethnicity and wealth. He sets the scene, with a doom-laden undercurrent, that we recognize as the precursor to the farm invasions. He leaves nothing out and the reader will be on his side all the way.

I bought this book because I had heard Henry speak at a church dinner. He was an entertaining speaker and engaging personality and I wanted to know more about his faith and his courageous stand against Robert Mugabe. There are certainly parts of this book that are quite exciting and there is some description of the terrible state of his country but while an easy read the fact is that most of Henry's life is just not that fascinating unless you happen to be interested in the sporting career of a moderately successful Zimbabwean cricketer - and I am not. For much of the book his Christian faith is invisible and I would have liked more on what life in Zimbabwe was like. Perhaps for much of the time for Henry it was not actually that different to life anywhere else. In summary, OK if you like cricket, otherwise of genuine but rather limited interest.

To extract a quote from the book Henry Olonga is far from a nobody. He is a somebody who has done what few others would have done. The world needs people like him. Without them it is nothing.

After seeing a clip of Henry Olonga singing I was interested in reading about his life and Christian faith. This was an enjoyable and informative read. I enjoy watching cricket and his cricketing career was amazing.His problems in Zimbabwe are clearly explained.

The book was a really good intresting read, But unfortunately i read the book after my husband and it just fell apart a lot of the front pages fell out and then the front cover just came completely off, I was disappointed with this as i thought a book should be able to cope with more than one read i would have liked to keep the book but i had to just throw it in the bin.

A wonderfully reflective and candid account of Henry's journey that provides insight into the trials and tribulations of a promising cricketer breaking his way in to a sport previously dominated by white settlers.

Henry Olonga was an incredibly brave man, and a wonderful cricketer with a fascinating story to tell. It's such a pity that this book is boring and turgid. It has no real structure and leaps into long winded and dull digressions. This could have done with a skilled ghost writer to bring out what is a great story.

This is a good book and not just from a cricketing perspective. Olonga explains a lot about Mugabe and Zimbabwe's history. James.

I loved cricket. I had family who were involved in cricket. Henry is my Hero. So sad he was so badly treated yet yhe epitome of a gentleman

great story a brave man who should enjoy a happy life in Australia. lOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN HENRY WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN TO HIS HOMELAND. HB OWEN

An excellent book for cricket buffs and for the general public wanting to know more about the life and politics of Zimbabwe.A very honest and sincere account of one man's experience and the way in which his Christian faith sustains him. A great read.

Good read, the man's a hero to stand up to a dictator like Mugabe who has ruined a lovely country.

This is a very good book and informative. Having met and spoken to Henry I found the detail true and most enlightening. It would make a good present for anyone interested in Cricket.

Thoroughly good read. Henry relates his childhood, sport, faith and stand against Mugabe's regime in a very readable way. Highly recommend it.

Makes us glad we are living in England.

You don't need to be a cricket fan to enjoy this book. A captivating story, an easy read with an important message