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_qalkaline paper)
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050 0 0 _aDT3000
_b.O57 2018
100 1 _aOnslow, Sue,
_d1958-
245 1 0 _aRobert Mugabe /
_cSue Onslow and Martin Plaut.
264 1 _aAthens :
_bOhio University Press,
_c[2018]
264 4 _c©2018.
300 _a208 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c18 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
490 1 _aOhio short histories of Africa.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 201-204( and index.
505 0 _aControversial and divisive leader -- Birth of the revolutionary -- From freedom fighter to president of a one-party state -- Refashioning the state, and the hope of multiracial Zimbabwe -- Revolution redux, or "why it all turned sour" -- "Look east" for foreign friends -- Mugabe and the people -- The battles for succession and control of levers of power -- Eaten by the crocodile?
520 _a"Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is an African leader who sharply divides opinion. As man and leader he has come to embody the contradictions of his country's history and political culture: as a symbol of African liberation, he remains respected and revered by many on the African continent; this heroic status contrasts sharply, in the eyes of his detractors, with repeated cycles of gross human rights violations, capital flight, and mass emigration precipitated by the policies of his government, and his demonic image in Western media. In this short biography, intended for a general audience, Sue Onslow and Martin Plaut explain Mugabe's formative experiences as a child and young man; his role as an admired Afro-nationalist leader in the struggle against white settler rule; and his evolution into a political manipulator and survivalist. They also address the emergence of political opposition to his leadership and the uneasy period of coalition government. Ultimately, they reveal the complexity of the man who led Zimbabwe for its first four decades of independence."--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 1 0 _aMugabe, Robert Gabriel,
_d1924-
650 0 _aPresidents
_zZimbabwe
_vBiography.
651 0 _aZimbabwe
_xPolitics and government
_y1980-
648 7 _aSince 1980
_2fast.
655 7 _aBiographies.
_2lcgft.
700 1 _aPlaut, Martin,
830 0 _aOhio short histories of Africa.
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