The World Today with Tariq Ali - Zimbabwe: Imagining the Future
  • 6 years ago
Founder and long-time President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe was forced into early retirement in November 2017, when a military takeover instated an estranged former ally, Emmerson Mnangagwa, as interim leader. In this week’s episode, Oxford University scholar Simukai Chigudu gives Tariq an account of the mood in the country after a recent trip to his homeland, as well as historical events leading up to this moment and his hopes for real political and social change in Zimbabwe.