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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... Mind 31 Internationalism & Reconciliation 44 Perseverance 52 AIDS & Aid: Disease & Conditionality 62 Traditional Culture, Modernity & Democracy 70 Healing & the Future 81 A Rueful Reflection 89 The Twisting & Turning Road Forwards 96 ...
... Mind 31 Internationalism & Reconciliation 44 Perseverance 52 AIDS & Aid: Disease & Conditionality 62 Traditional Culture, Modernity & Democracy 70 Healing & the Future 81 A Rueful Reflection 89 The Twisting & Turning Road Forwards 96 ...
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... mind one in the troubled Zimbabwe of that year . I attended those elections , as I have most Zimbabwean elections , includ- ing both rounds of those in 2008. But , in 2005 , the government's efforts to massage a sort of calm in the ...
... mind one in the troubled Zimbabwe of that year . I attended those elections , as I have most Zimbabwean elections , includ- ing both rounds of those in 2008. But , in 2005 , the government's efforts to massage a sort of calm in the ...
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... Mind – although it was clear Mbeki had not read all the nuances of that book . Mbeki repeated its often vulgarised message that it was time for Africans to think their way forward in an original African way . 6 The interesting thing was ...
... Mind – although it was clear Mbeki had not read all the nuances of that book . Mbeki repeated its often vulgarised message that it was time for Africans to think their way forward in an original African way . 6 The interesting thing was ...
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... Mind : The Politics of Language in African Literature ( Zimbabwean edition ) , Harare : Zimbabwe Publishing House , 1987 . 7. Stephen Chan , ' Abuja and After : The Case for Change in the Commonwealth Secretariat ' , The Round Table ...
... Mind : The Politics of Language in African Literature ( Zimbabwean edition ) , Harare : Zimbabwe Publishing House , 1987 . 7. Stephen Chan , ' Abuja and After : The Case for Change in the Commonwealth Secretariat ' , The Round Table ...
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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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