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  • How liberators turn into oppressors: A study of southern African states

    Henning Melber | Popular Participation & Democratization
    14.04.2016

    It is normal for resistance movements to adopt rough survival strategies and techniques while fighting an oppressive regime. Unfortunately, such confrontational mentality becomes entrenched in an authoritarian political culture that is based on the claim that liberators have an entitlement to rule within a new elite project.

    Tagged under Popular Participation & Democratization ZANU-PF, Robert Mugabe, Jacob Zuma, Thabo Mbeki, Nelson Mandela, Eduardo dos Santos, SWAPO

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