Dinner With Mugabe: The Untold Story of a Freedom Fighter Who Became a Tyrant - Couverture rigide

Holland, Heidi

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0143025570 ISBN 13 : 9780143025573

Editeur : Penguin Books (South Africa), 2008

Synopsis

Physical description; xxi, 250 p. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-246) and index. Subjects; Mugabe, Robert Gabriel 1924- - Psychology. Mugabe, Robert Gabriel 1924- - Interviews. Holland, Heidi - Interviews. Presidents - Zimbabwe - Psychology.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

"The most intimate portrait yet produced of Zimbabwe's clever yet brutal leader." -The Economist

With plunging life expectancy, soaring inflation, and unemployment, repression, and starvation fueling a mass exodus, Zimbabwe is a nation in crisis. Its president, Robert Mugabe-once lauded for his heroics as a guerilla leader who fought against white-minority rule in the 1960s- is now seen as the man who ruined the country and cast shame on the African conti­nent. Beginning with a dinner shared with Mugabe the freedom fight­er and ending in a searching interview with Mugabe as Zimbabwe's president more than thirty years later, Heidi Holland's incisive and timely investigation charts Mugabe's gradual self- destruction and probes the mystery of Africa's loyalty to one of its worst dictators.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Heidi Holland has been reporting from South Africa for 30 years. She has written extensively about the continent's liberation movements as well as its people, cities and belief systems for international media including the Guardian, the Sunday Times, the BBC and Nine Network in Australia. Her books include The Struggle: A History of the African National Congress, published in the week Nelson Mandela was released from prison, and a true crime investigation of racism in South Africa, The Colour of Murder.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books (South Africa)
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0143025570
• ISBN 13: 9780143025573
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 280