Zimbabwe's Public Eye: Political Essays (October 1997-October 1998)

Product Description This book is a collection of 50 short but succinct essays which are a contribution to a vibrant debate in the current Zimbabwe political scene published in "The Financial Gazette", a leading weekly. These essays are on many topical issues: land, political parties, leadership succession, war veterans, causes of revolutions, coups, constitutional reforms, relations with South Africa, you name it, including Zimbabwe's involvement in Laurent Kabila's Democratic Republic of the Congo. Review Sithole is clear, very clear on where he stands on critical issues of the day, at times with "risky" candor... -- Francis Mdlongwa, Editor-in-Chief, The Financial Gazzette, l998 These essays are comprehensive in scope and incisive in analysis. -- Kwame A. Ninsin, Editor, African Journal of Political Science, l998. About the Author Masipula Sithole is Professor of Political Science at the University of Zimbabwe where he has taught since l980 when Zimbabwe achieved independence from Great Britain. He received his PhD. from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1977; has published numerous articles on African politics in international journals and has written chapters in fourteen books including "The Encyclopedia of Sub-Suharan Africa". These 50 essays are a contribution to a vibrant debate in the current Zimbabwe political scene. The second edition of his "Zimbabwe: Struggles-Within-the-Struggle" is now on the market.