This book discusses the debates on the agenda and conditionalities of donor agencies which are usually subsumed under euphemisms of development, good governance, democracy, rule of law and women/children s rights among many others. It takes a cultural dimension to this debate as it valorizes self-determination which is premised on cultural freedom and autonomy of the recipient communities in Zimbabwe. The intermittent closures of donor agencies by the Zimbabwean government in the post 2000 period and the continued uproar in the societies on the agenda of some of the donor agencies illustrates...