Zimbabwe At The Crossroads

About the Book

    The theme of Zimbabwe at the Crossroads is on issues of governance and economic management. The story being told is how a prosperous country at independence in 1980 has virtually turned from a bread basket to a begging bowl.

    After the success with A Crisis of Governance: Zimbabwe, Dr Jacob Chikuhwa continues the tragic analysis of the Zimbabwean economy. An analysis set against a backdrop of growing poverty in a country with abundant human and natural resources, this book weaves together a cast of socio-economic factors that form the causes of the economic quagmire.

    This academic exposé brings to the fore the desperate hope for democracy and economic recovery in Zimbabwe. International donor agencies and institutions specialising in African development studies will be delighted with Jacob Chikuhwa’s latest instalment whose driving force is the statistical analysis of events in the southern African country.

About the Author

    After having been detained by the white minority Rhodesian Front regime between 1964 and 1965, JACOB CHIKUHWA escaped into Zambia in 1966 from where he secured an Afro-Asian scholarship to study in the former Soviet Union. In 1972 upon completion of his studies, Chikuhwa moved to Sweden.

    Dr Jacob Chikuhwa holds degrees in economics and international relations from the Kiev Institute of National Economy in the Ukraine and the University of Stockholm in Sweden. A Zimbabwean national, Chikuhwa has lectured on economics, finance, and administration both in Zimbabwe and Sweden. In April 2005, he lectured at The New School Graduate Program in International Affairs, New School University, in New York.

    After having worked as an economist and administrator in the public and private sectors for over 30 years, Chikuhwa has turned to writing full-time. He is currently working on a book titled Zimbabwe: Beyond a School Certificate and Venturing into the Unknown (Kumaziwandadzoka), a film on HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe. Besides A Crisis of Governance: Zimbabwe, Chikuhwa has written Zimbabwe: The Rise to Nationhood and A Cheer for Sanity. Chikuhwa has three further titles pending publication: A Thought for the Day, The Pendulum and A Collection of Shona Proverbs and Parables.