Now available in paperback. An account of the author's reflections on the nature of tyranny in Southern Africa looking in particular at the similarities between the paranoid, murderous regimes of Henrik Verwoerd and Robert Mugabe. 280pp, UK. PICADOR

Now in paperback. Drawing on his experience as the Zimbabwe correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, the author relates the events in Zimbabwe from May 1999 until June 2001 when he was ousted with all other foreign journalists. The new paperback edition has been expanded to included the events until August 2002. Notes, refs, index, x, 292pp, UK. CONTINUUM

TNew in paperback. This timely portrait of Robert Mugabe is the psychobiography of a man whose once-brilliant career has ruined Zimbabwe and cast shame on the African continent. This investigation begins with her having dinner with Mugabe, the freedom fighter, and ends in a searching interview with Zimbabwes president more than 30 years later. The author charts Mugabe's gradual self-destruction, and uncovers the complicity of some of the most respectable international players in the Zimbabwe tragedy. Index, bib, 250pp, SOUTH AFRICA. PENGUIN BOOKS SOUTH AFRICA.

This is a personal account of the unravelling of Zimbabwe, written by an insider who was prepared to keep faith with Robert Mugabe until it was almost too late. Michael Auret served for many years on Zimbabwe's respected Catholic Commission of Justice and Peace, which worked tirelessly to defend human rights in that country. In this absorbing memoir, he traces his involvement in the politics of his country, from his days as an opposition MP in Ian Smith's Rhodesia to his involvement with the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and his election as MP for Harare Central in the brutal election of 2000.SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP.

Now available in paperback. A portrait of the Zimbabwean President from the politically savvy young idealist who led Zimbabwe into an era of peace and prosperity to the leader of a country beset by violence and corruption. The author details the major events of Mugabe's presidency up to 2007, including the expulsion of white farmers, the famine crisis and the collapse of the economy. Index, bib, map, 259pp, UK. PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Robert Gabriel Mugabe, a former teacher and guerrilla leader, swept to power in Zimbabwe on a tide of euphoria in 1980 with the promise of peace, prosperity and racial harmony. He proceeded to preside over the economic ruination of the country, which he himself once described as the Jewel of Africa . In his desperate attempts to create and perpetuate a one-party state, he thwarted the democratic process, used torture against his own people and deliberately obstructed aid organisations when they offered assistance to the persecuted and starving. Andrew Norman provides the necessary background to the tragedy, from Cecil Rhodes to UDI, and examines Mugabe’s life prior to 1980 and his years in power. His words and deeds are scrutinised closely, and an entirely new theory as to the reasons for his behaviour is proposed (by a doctor of medicine). 192pp, UK. THE HISTORY PRESS.

Traces the life of Robert Mugabe from idealist freedom fighter to virtual dictator of a land ravaged by HIV/AIDS, famine and corruption. Chan attempts to explain Mugabe's role as a key player in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa and his impact on African socialism, post independence politics and human rights. includes a bibliographic essay. Index, notes, gloss, vii, 240pp, UK. I B TAURIS

A political biography of President Mugabe examining how, instead of leading his people to a promised land, he amassed a fortune for himself and presided over the murder, torture and starvation of those that opposed him. Index, notes, bib, 189pp, USA. McFARLAND & COMPANY