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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... sure I want Zimbabwean political developments to be the property of connoisseurs ; and thirdly , of course , Morgan Tsvangirai is now Prime Minister and it really is about time that all of Zimbabwean society , together with its curious ...
... sure I want Zimbabwean political developments to be the property of connoisseurs ; and thirdly , of course , Morgan Tsvangirai is now Prime Minister and it really is about time that all of Zimbabwean society , together with its curious ...
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... sure, was unflattering of the MDC and its prospects. The headline, 'Is MDC's urban support on the wane?',4 merely repeated a question on everyone's lips. And two headlines in the Financial Gazette, the longest-surviving independent ...
... sure, was unflattering of the MDC and its prospects. The headline, 'Is MDC's urban support on the wane?',4 merely repeated a question on everyone's lips. And two headlines in the Financial Gazette, the longest-surviving independent ...
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... sure whether I'll see the Commonwealth Secretary - General , Don McKinnon . You know , such men want the best of both worlds . They're unaware of realities on the ground , and think a few passing , choice words will still suffice ...
... sure whether I'll see the Commonwealth Secretary - General , Don McKinnon . You know , such men want the best of both worlds . They're unaware of realities on the ground , and think a few passing , choice words will still suffice ...
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... sure it would win, and marginalise the new opposition party. The almost naive misreading of the situation would not be repeated by ZANU(PF) – but this, cou- pled with the momentum the MDC had generated with its launch, meant that for ...
... sure it would win, and marginalise the new opposition party. The almost naive misreading of the situation would not be repeated by ZANU(PF) – but this, cou- pled with the momentum the MDC had generated with its launch, meant that for ...
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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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