Citizen of Zimbabwe: Conversations with Morgan TsvangiraiMorgan Tsvangiraiís appointment as Zimbabweís Prime Minister in 2009 followed many yearsí leadership of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trades Unions and the Movement for Democratic Change. How has that experience equipped him for high national office? Does he have the personal, intellectual and political qualities required to be President? In July 2004, as he was awaiting the verdict in his treason trial, Tsvangirai spent several days in conversation with Stephen Chan. Chan was concerned to find out if Tsvangirai was more than ëmerely a charismatic leader of the oppositioní; if he had ëhis own intellectual agenda [and] political philosophyí. His questions were even-handed and astute. ëDiscussion by discussion, Morgan Tsvangirai had become more open, more human ñ less cautious and, paradoxically, more obviously and naturally presidential.í Five years later, having reviewed the events since their discussions took place, Chan writes: ëI have not made a saint of him, not even an Atlas. I hope I have not criticized him too much or too unfairly. Probably no one could have done for Zimbabwe what he has.í Citizen of Zimbabwe is a rare and intimate portrait of political leadership in Africa. |
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... the Zimbabwean courts to embargo any further overseas travel for Tsvangirai . However naive his early efforts at international diplomacy had been, Tsvangirai was now not going 4 Citizen of Zimbabwe : Conversations with Morgan Tsvangirai.
... the Zimbabwean courts to embargo any further overseas travel for Tsvangirai . However naive his early efforts at international diplomacy had been, Tsvangirai was now not going 4 Citizen of Zimbabwe : Conversations with Morgan Tsvangirai.
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... early striving for a populist touch meant that later coalition-building, and holding disparate forces together in one oppo- sition party, would prove to be difficult tasks. Even so, life as an African trade union supremo at the ...
... early striving for a populist touch meant that later coalition-building, and holding disparate forces together in one oppo- sition party, would prove to be difficult tasks. Even so, life as an African trade union supremo at the ...
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... early and long- standing admiration of Mugabe. It was only at this point, coming into very recent history, that the wheel began to turn. In 1996, public sector workers, led by teachers and nurses, went on strike. Previously unin- volved ...
... early and long- standing admiration of Mugabe. It was only at this point, coming into very recent history, that the wheel began to turn. In 1996, public sector workers, led by teachers and nurses, went on strike. Previously unin- volved ...
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... early analysis and accusation. The first assassination attempt against Tsvangirai came in Decem- ber 1997 – so the first indication, the shot across the bows, of hard intimidation also came early. The ZCTU responded with three suc ...
... early analysis and accusation. The first assassination attempt against Tsvangirai came in Decem- ber 1997 – so the first indication, the shot across the bows, of hard intimidation also came early. The ZCTU responded with three suc ...
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... early 1999 amidst reports of army unrest. Even the idiosyncratic fellow-traveller with ZANU(PF), the editor of the Mirror, Ibbo Mandaza, had his features enhanced by being beaten in police cells. It would be easy to draw a straight line ...
... early 1999 amidst reports of army unrest. Even the idiosyncratic fellow-traveller with ZANU(PF), the editor of the Mirror, Ibbo Mandaza, had his features enhanced by being beaten in police cells. It would be easy to draw a straight line ...
Contents
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Inclusiveness Opposition | 21 |
The Battle for Ownership of the Mind | 31 |
Internationalism Reconciliation | 44 |
Perseverance | 52 |
Disease Conditionality | 62 |
Traditional Culture Modernity Democracy | 70 |
Healing the Future | 81 |
A Rueful Reflection | 89 |
The Twisting Turning Road Forwards | 96 |
Back Cover | 109 |
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