The fall of the granary of Africa : A comparative research study on the course of the relation between the International Community and Zimbabwe

ISBN-13: 9783639207149 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 88 str.

Maaike Kooijman

Opis

Zimbabwe has for a long time been one of Africa s biggest exporters of food. Nowadays, the country has got problems with feeding its own population. The inflation is extremely high and same counts for the unemployment rate. It is clear, that the "granary of Africa" has dropped to one of Africa s poorest countries. The fall of the granary of Africa gradually explains how, a once prosperous country as Zimbabwe, could end up in the demolishing crisis it is right now. The chronological structure of the book takes the reader by the hand through the colonial history of Zimbabwe all the way to the appointment of Robert Mugabe as President. Along the way the shift in governmental policies undertaken by Mugabe as well as its devastating consequences on the country are being addressed. Most importantly this monograph gives an overview of the activities of various actors within the International Community before and during the presidency of Mugabe. The comparison of the involvement of the international actors in Zimbabwe gives a clear view on which aspects of the attitude of the international community changed during the regime of Mugabe.

O autorze

Maaike Kooijman (1986) received her bachelor degree of European Studies from The Hague University in the Netherlands. She graduated on her BA thesis on the relation between the International Community and Zimbabwe. Currently she is studying interdisciplinary social sciences at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.