Zimbabwe's party-internal 'coup' of 2017, and deposed president Robert Mugabe's death nearly two years later, demand careful, historically nuanced explanation. How did Mugabe gain and retain power over party and state for four decades? Did the suspected and nearly real 'coups',...
In November 2017, having ruled Zimbabwe for almost four decades, Robert Mugabe's long and repressive reign finally came to an end. In a remarkably rapid turn of events, Mugabe was toppled by his own party and replaced by his former ally Emmerson "The Crocodile" Mnangagwa, whom...
In November 2017, having ruled Zimbabwe for almost four decades, Robert Mugabe's long and repressive reign finally came to an end. In a remarkably rapid turn of events, Mugabe was toppled by his own party and replaced by his former ally Emmerson "The Crocodile" Mnangagwa, whom...