But corruption amongst leaders and expensive local wars prevented proper investment in infrastructure and distribution of wealth to the masses. One member who had visited Africa several times and had met a good number of top Africans, found them to be rational and deeply intellectual. There was a long discussion about how Africa, despite its vast natural resources seems to remain in the doldrums. He currently teaches at the Gothan Writers Workshop. In 2009 he published “The Last Resort: a Memoir of Zimbabwe” to critical acclaim. He settled in the USA in 2003 and has contributed to many of the world’s leading magazines and newspapers. Following newspaper and radio assignments in Johannesburg he moved to London in 1994 and wrote feature and travel articles for several broadsheets. He was schooled in Rhodesia and graduated with a degree in journalism in Rhodes University, South Africa. He grew up on heavily fortified chicken and grape farms during the Rhodesian Bush War. The author had been born in Umtali, Rhodesia in 1968 to Lyn, a lawyer and Rosalind a drama teacher. Having been duly captivated by the book he felt it worthy of our analysis. The book had been headlined as “The astonishing untold story of the operation that toppled Mugabe.” Our proposer had been inspired to read more after listening to 2 episodes of the book on BBC 4’s “Book of the Week”. He grew up on heavily fortified chicken and Seven members of the group gathered on a pleasant August evening. Seven members of the group gathered on a pleasant August evening.
Impeccably researched, deftly written, and told in the style of a contemporary political thriller, Two Weeks in November throws you into the very heart of ‘the game’, a dangerous hidden world that makes you question what is real, what is choreographed, and whether anything can really change in a country where the same players are still dictating the rules.more
By virtue of their being together, the unlikely team of misfit rivals is suddenly in position to spin what might have been seen as an illegal coup into a mass popular uprising that the world - and millions of Zimbabweans - will enthusiastically support. What begins as an improbable adventure destined for failure, marked by a mixture of bravery, strategic cunning and bumbling naiveté, soon turns into the most sophisticated political-military operation in African history. What begins as an improbable adventure d Two Weeks in Novemberis the thrilling, surreal, unbelievable and often very funny true story of four would-be enemies - a high ranking politician, an exiled human rights lawyer, a dangerous spy and a low-key white businessman turned political fixer - who team up to help unseat one of Africa's longest serving dictators, Robert Mugabe. Two Weeks in Novemberis the thrilling, surreal, unbelievable and often very funny true story of four would-be enemies - a high ranking politician, an exiled human rights lawyer, a dangerous spy and a low-key white businessman turned political fixer - who team up to help unseat one of Africa's longest serving dictators, Robert Mugabe.
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