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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... , when the country really has attained its place of decency, there will have to be the party of all time. London, 2010. Introduction The idea for this book came at Easter 2004. viii Citizen of Zimbabwe: Conversations with Morgan Tsvangirai.
... , when the country really has attained its place of decency, there will have to be the party of all time. London, 2010. Introduction The idea for this book came at Easter 2004. viii Citizen of Zimbabwe: Conversations with Morgan Tsvangirai.
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Conversations with Morgan Tsvangirai Stephen Chan. Introduction. The idea for this book came at Easter 2004. At that time the ruling party in Zimbabwe, ZANU(PF), thought it had turned a corner in its struggle with the opposition MDC. On ...
Conversations with Morgan Tsvangirai Stephen Chan. Introduction. The idea for this book came at Easter 2004. At that time the ruling party in Zimbabwe, ZANU(PF), thought it had turned a corner in its struggle with the opposition MDC. On ...
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... idea behind rush- ing this book into the public eye is so that, if the political career of Morgan Tsvangirai is also then over, at least an extended account of what he stands for and thinks about will have been made available. But who ...
... idea behind rush- ing this book into the public eye is so that, if the political career of Morgan Tsvangirai is also then over, at least an extended account of what he stands for and thinks about will have been made available. But who ...
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... idea of a liberation government is strong . It is a government that , after years of colonial or minority rule , seized back power for the majority . This provides a further affinity between ZANU ( PF ) and the ANC of South Africa: both ...
... idea of a liberation government is strong . It is a government that , after years of colonial or minority rule , seized back power for the majority . This provides a further affinity between ZANU ( PF ) and the ANC of South Africa: both ...
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... ideas. All its urban strength could be thrown against Mugabe and come to nothing. And yet it had no alternative strategy and never devised one. It was about this time that the infamous video was recorded of Tsvangirai in discussion with ...
... ideas. All its urban strength could be thrown against Mugabe and come to nothing. And yet it had no alternative strategy and never devised one. It was about this time that the infamous video was recorded of Tsvangirai in discussion with ...
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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