Description
The ousting of Robert Mugabe as Zimbabwe’s president took the world by surprise. In thisbook, award-winning Zimbabwean journalist Geoffrey Nyarota explains how and why theevents of November 2017 happened as they did.Nyarota evaluates the political and economic impact of Mugabe’s presidency, showinghow he managed to reduce a prosperous nation to a state of destitution through extrememisgovernance. The book describes the rifts within ZANU-PF as Mugabe sidelined anyonewho might challenge his power, and the creation of opposing factions that supported VicePresident Emmerson Mnangagwa and First Lady Grace Mugabe respectively. It traces thegrowing ambition and power of Grace Mugabe, culminating in the sacking of Mnangagwaas vice president in November 2017, and explains how this finally spurred ZANU-PF to riditself of the president who had done so much damage to the country over the decades.Written with the insight of a veteran Zimbabwean journalist, this is a fascinatingaccount of the rise and fall of one of Africa’s longest-ruling dictators.
