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Book SynopsisThe people of Zimbabwe are brutalised, disenfranchised, starved. This is the only book to tell the full story of the birth of a dictatorship, including the 2008 election travesty. Robert Gabriel Mugabe, a former teacher and guerrilla leader, swept to power in Zimbabwe on a tide of euphoria in 1980 with the promise of peace, prosperity and racial harmony. He proceeded to preside over the economic ruination of the country, which he himself once described as the 'Jewel of Africa'. In his desperate attempts to create and perpetuate a one-party state, he thwarted the democratic process, used torture against his own people and deliberately obstructed aid organisations when they offered assistance to the persecuted and starving. This is the first book to explain what goes on in Mugabe's mind and only by understanding this is it possible to understand why he has destroyed his country - and what is about to happen there now.
Table of Contents1. Education2. A Humiliating Life under Apartheid3. On a Collision Course: Black Nationalism and White Procrastination4. Nyasaland: The Fuse is Lit - Mugabe Returns Home5. Mugabe the Publicist6. Mugabe is Imprisoned: The Demise of the Federation7. Freedom and Exile8. The Lancaster House Conference and Beyond9. Independence: Doubts About Mugabe10. Morgan Tsvangirai and the Movement for Democratic Change11. Mugabe's Loathing of the White Farmers12. Farm Appropriations: Famine13. Racism, Homophobia, Genocide14. Mugabe's 'Jewel of Africa': Economic Meltdown and Social Disintegration15.'Nhamodzenyika' - The Suffering Country16. Self-Aggrandisement: The Winner Takes All17. Lisbon: the Europe/Africa Summit18. An Election is Called19. Intimidation, Dirty Tricks, Propaganda20. The March 2008 Election: Further Skullduggery21. Zimbabwe in the World Spotlight22. Zimbabwe's Agony Continues23. Making Sense of Mugabe24. Epilogue
