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...can’t vote in the country there was something we still wanted to do,” said moderator Brian K. Chingono ’09, who organized the event alonged with Brighton Mudzingwa ’09. Chingono opened the panel by emphasizing the importance of Zimbabwe??s current political struggle in determining the country’s future. “This election is very important in the country’s history because for the first time Mugabe’s political future hangs in the balance,” he said...
...senior thesis on the Zimbabwean government’s manipulation of the media, Amar C. Bakshi ’06 never thought he’d be a target of the repressive regime himself.In late December, he traveled to the country’s capital to conduct research. But Zimbabwe??s Central Intelligence Organization alleged that he was “taking government information.” As he attempted to leave the country, intelligence officers pulled him off a plane and threw him in jail for five days.“Officers in the cell were drunk...
...introduced myself to the man who had me arrested. Military police with machine guns watched as I set up my video camera. I had finally secured an interview with Zimbabwe??s Minister of Information for my thesis research on the country’s new cultural policy, which bans Western content and heavily funds local propaganda. For three hours, I listened as the minister explained that Zimbabwe is a nation at war against British and American neo-colonialism—the IMF, the World Bank, white farmers, and internal spies and saboteurs. When I asked the minister...
...faces, from Zimbabwe to Venezuela, from Nepal to Israel. Our labors, we believe, can make a difference. By supporting its students, Harvard contributes to understanding both at the global level and, more noticeably, at the undergraduate level. When writing on events such as the recent brutal house demolitions in Zimbabwe??s “Clean Up,” it helps immeasurably to have spoken directly to the victims while standing beside the rubble of their homes. Sections are brought to life by these student experiences, adding what no library book can. Bakshi took this risk. Not wishing...
...reflects the general condition of all nations that merit a medium-level warning from the State Department. If anything, the incident is an outlier that illustrates the caution that students must be prepared to take when traveling abroad to certain places. Police states like Zimbabwe??with unpredictable laws and where tactics like arrest may be veiled attempts at extorting bribes from foreigners—are uniquely dangerous. But their study can yield uniquely valuable insights. Bakshi’s research will add to the scholarly community at Harvard in a way that would not have been possible without...