Decision makers

Title

Decision makers

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Vox pop; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:23:51

Description

Peter Allen reports on Zimbabwean elections in February 1980 and gathers opinions on the future of the country from political commentators and the general public. Interviews and speeches: UK Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington (Peter Carington); Zanu PF Party leaders Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo; Bishop Abel Muzorewa; British governor of Zimbabwe until elections, Lord Soames; Peter Kasanda; John Boynton; Eric Pope-Simmonds; Julian Amery; Lord Privy Seal Ian Gilmour; Peter Walls, Rhodesian army head; Rugare Gumbo; Chris Anderson; Dr David Owen MP; Ian Smith, former PM of Rhodesia.

Contributors

Abel Muzorewa; Ian Smith; Paul Davies; Peter Allen; David Owen; John Boynton; Ian Gilmour; Peter Carington; Robert Mugabe; Joshua Nkomo; Peter Kasanda; Eric Pope-Simmonds; Julian Amery; Peter Walls; Rugare Gumbo; Chris Anderson; Christopher Soames

Keywords

Elections; Interethnic relations; Political reform; Zimbabwe; Patriotic Front; Zanu PF Party; General elections; Democratization

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