Economic Conditions in Africa, Africa - Business, Economics, & Finance, Southern African Politics & Government, Zimbabwe - History

Battle for Zimbabwe

Name: Battle for Zimbabwe
Author: Geoff Hill
ISBN: 9781868726523

by Geoff Hill

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Overview

Geoff Hill takes the reader inside Robert Mugabe's party, ZANU-PF, and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change. The author has met with members of both parties who have been prepared to talk candidly with him, giving him behind-the-scenes information. The book considers the role of critics and observers - the role and treatment of the press within Zimbabwe, and the often contradictory responses to Mugabe from the international community. It also looks at the lives of ordinary Zimbabweans living in a collapsing economy. Finally, it considers Zimbabwe's future - the challenge that lies ahead to rebuild the country.

About the Author, Geoff Hill

Geoff Hill was born in 1956 and grew up in Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe, where he became fluent in the Shona language. In 1980, he joined the Manica Post newspaper on the border of Zimbabwe and Mozambique and, after the nationalization of the press in 1982, he moved to Australia and spent eight years with Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. After working in Australia, the USA and UK, Geoff returned to Zimbabwe in 1997, where he worked as a journalist. In 2002, he moved to Johannesburg where he is Africa correspondent for the Washington Times. In September 2000 he became the first non-American to receive a John Steinbeck Award for short-story writing, and he also won the 2000 Common-wealth Short Story Award for Africa.