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Comes the Deluge

Victim accounts of violence and torture of those perceived to be disloyal to Robert Mugabe — which is to say those who have had the audacity to exercise what should have been their right to support opposition parties such as the Movement for Democratic Change — have begun to emerge in Zimbabwe. As a general rule this toothpaste does not tend to go back in the tube. Expect such stories to become more common in the days to come, especially if there are no new revelations with regard to the election results.

Comes the Deluge

Zapiro — Mail & Guardian, 11 April 2008.

 

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Derek Catsam

Derek Catsam is a Professor of history and Kathlyn Cosper Dunagan Professor in the Humanities at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. He is also Senior Research Associate at Rhodes University. Derek writes about race and politics in the United States and Africa, sports, and terrorism. He is currently working on books on bus boycotts in the United States and South Africa in the 1940s and 1950s and on the 1981 South African Springbok rugby team's tour to the US. He is the author of three books, dozens of scholarly articles and reviews, and has published widely on current affairs in African, American, and European publications. He has lived, worked, and travelled extensively throughout southern Africa. He writes about politics, sports, travel, pop culture, and just about anything else that comes to mind.

Areas of Focus:
Africa; Zimbabwe; South Africa; Apartheid

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