Reviews for The Africans' predicament in Rhodesia

The average rating for The Africans' predicament in Rhodesia based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-08-10 00:00:00 Randy Bryant I found this a somewhat difficult read, but the overall message was clear. The Zimbabwean government has gone through numerous phases of how to distribute land, and very few of their strategies have taken into account the cultural and social views of the people who make their living from the land. An old story that continues to repeat itself in many areas of the world. In most regions across the globe, owning land is a source of power and security, and those who maintain control of how land is distributed need to be well-informed about how people use that land. * * * * * This is the first of many books piled up in teetering stacks at my elbow…. all background or suggested readings for the major papers I will be writing over the next two to three years — final-year BSc dissertation this year, hopefully followed by a Masters degree thesis in 2009 or 2010. Why am I reading so far ahead? Because I’m in the midst of writing proposals for my Masters research….proposals that will accompany grad school applications and scholarship submissions….and I have to make it sound like I know what I’m talking about.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-10-08 00:00:00 Vance Gosselin Even though Mugabe's reign of terror has pretty much fallen of the radar of us in the West, the tragedy for Zimbabwe and its people is still very much there. Christina Lamb is one of the best foreign correspondents of our time and this is a truly moving account of the tragic fall that Zimbabwe took from the cliff under the misrule of Mugabe and his henchmen (who became very rich of course). Essential reading for everyone interested in the post-colonial history of the African continent.