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Be Prepared (For Absurdity)

Just when the situation in Zimbabwe seems to have reached depths that defy absurdity a new story crosses the transom that baffles the imagination. The latest piece of bemusement comes with the tale of the arrest of three white men on charges of training terrorists with the goal of overhtrowing Robert Mugabe. The three did in fact have the instruction of elite cadres in mind. They provide adventure training for Boy Scouts.

 

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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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