Troubles in Zimbabwe

Once called the breadbasket of Africa, Zimbabwe now faces drought, mass starvation, hyperinflation, and government oppression by President Robert Mugabe. We’ll talk with an expert on the country as well as Zimbabweans living in the Granite State about the situation.

Guests

• Poppy Fry, Assistant Professor of History at Saint Anselm College, specializing in Southern Africa
• Tinashe Mufute, a senior majoring in Politics at Saint Anselm College originally from Harare, Zimbabwe
• Wadzanai Katsande, a freelance consultant currently living in Marondera, Zimbabwe; Wadzanai studied at Southern New Hampshire University this year and plans to return for her Masters in January

We'll also hear from

• Don Peterson, Democratic state representative from Brentwood who headed the US Embassy in Zimbabwe in 1991