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# *The Struggle Continues: 50 Years of Tyranny in Zimbabwe*

### (Jacana Media, 2016) 

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Date and Time 

April 25, 2016 4 - 5:30 PM EDT 

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##### Featuring 

Featuring the author **David Coltart**, Senator, Human Rights Lawyer, and Former Minister of Education, Zimbabwe; with comments by **Mark Bellamy**, Former U.S. Ambassador to Kenya; Warburg Professor of International Relations, Simmons College; moderated by **Marian L. Tupy**, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute. 

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As a young man, David Coltart was urged by Robert Mugabe to return from South Africa to Zimbabwe, where Coltart rose to become senator and education minister. But, as Mugabe became increasingly dictatorial, Coltart became one of Mugabe’s favorite targets of vilification. Coltart was branded a traitor to the state and worthy of remaining in Zimbabwe only as a resident of one of its prisons. For three decades, Coltart has kept detailed notes and records of all his work, including a meticulous diary of cabinet meetings. Coltart’s book deals with the last 60 years of Zimbabwe’s history: from the obstinate rule of Ian Smith that provoked Rhodesia’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Britain in 1965, to the civil war of the 1970s, the Gukurahundi genocide of the 1980s, Robert Mugabe’s war on white landowners, and the struggles waged by Coltart’s party — the Movement for Democratic Change. Coltart will also discuss one of his key concerns: the role of political extremists who have consistently subverted Zimbabwe’s chances of realizing its true potential.

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