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Dinner with Mugabe – Heidi Holland’s compelling political biography traces Robert Mugabe’s remarkable journey from Zimbabwean liberation hero to increasingly authoritarian president. Drawing on personal encounters, interviews and conversations with key figures in Mugabe’s life, Dinner with Mugabe provides an absorbing portrait of one of the most controversial leaders in modern African history.
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Dinner with Mugabe: The Untold Story of a Freedom Fighter Who Became a Tyrant by Heidi Holland is a penetrating political biography of Robert Mugabe, tracing the extraordinary transformation of one of Africa’s most controversial political figures from liberation hero to authoritarian ruler of Zimbabwe.
Holland brings an unusually personal perspective to her subject. Her connection with Mugabe stretches back to the period of Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle, and Dinner with Mugabe takes its title from an early dinner she shared with him when he was still regarded primarily as a freedom fighter. More than thirty years later, Holland was granted an extensive interview with Mugabe as president, allowing her to compare the revolutionary she encountered in earlier decades with the increasingly isolated and uncompromising political leader he later became.
Rather than simply presenting a chronological history of Mugabe’s government, Dinner with Mugabe investigates the people, experiences and relationships that shaped his personality and political outlook. The narrative explores his childhood, family background, imprisonment, involvement in Zimbabwe’s nationalist struggle, relationships with fellow liberation leaders, the transition from Rhodesia to independent Zimbabwe, and the political developments that followed independence.
Published by Penguin Books in 2008, Dinner with Mugabe comprises 250 pages and remains an important title for readers and collectors interested in Zimbabwe, Rhodesiana, African political history, liberation movements and twentieth-century Southern African history.
Condition – Good
The black cloth-covered boards remain attractive with gilt titling to the spine. The dust jacket shows moderate shelf and edge wear, including rubbing, creasing and wear to the corners and spine extremities. Some spotting/foxing and age-related discolouration are visible to the page edges. Internally the book appears clean and securely bound.
