1. Education2. A Humiliating Life under Apartheid3. On a Collision Course: Black Nationalism and White Procrastination4. Nyasaland: The Fuse is Lit -- Mugabe Returns Home5. Mugabe the Publicist6. Mugabe is Imprisoned: The Demise of the Federation7. Freedom and Exile8. The Lancaster House Conference and Beyond9. Independence: Doubts About Mugabe10. Morgan Tsvangirai and the Movement for Democratic Change11. Mugabe's Loathing of the White Farmers12. Farm Appropriations: Famine13. Racism, Homophobia, Genocide14. Mugabe's 'Jewel of Africa': Economic Meltdown and Social Disintegration15.'Nhamodzenyika' -- The Suffering Country16. Self-Aggrandisement: The Winner Takes All17. Lisbon: the Europe/Africa Summit18. An Election is Called19. Intimidation, Dirty Tricks, Propaganda20. The March 2008 Election: Further Skullduggery21. Zimbabwe in the World Spotlight22. Zimbabwe's Agony Continues23. Making Sense of Mugabe24. Epilogue.