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'This is an unusual book. It is an autobiography written by a dead man.' Thus begins Terry Ranger's introduction to the life of Stephen Matewa. Stephen was born in Makoni district, eastern Zimbabwe, in October 1932, and died in November 1993. He worked as a teacher and community leader, was active in the co-operatives at St Faith's and Nyafaru, and gave instinting support to the freedom fighters during the liberation war. He first suggested the idea of the book to his daughter, Chido, in 1991. He draws on his diaries, on the copies he kept of his letters, and on his recollection of discussions and interviews, to paint a remarkable picture of an exceptional man. Stephen Matewa's story constitutes a rare narrative of Zimbabwe's wartime history, and includes vivid portraits of two of its national heroes - Rekayi Tangwena and Guy Clutton-Brock. Above all, it is the life of someone who became, and remained, an Man of the People.