Zimbabwe’s Coup and the Question of Legitimacy

Over the past decade, Africa has seen 11 successful military coups across eight countries — a resurgence that’s reignited tough questions. Are these coups a rejection of democracy, a call for sovereignty, or something more complex? To help us unpack this, ALC fellow Esther Wadzanai Mano takes us to Zimbabwe — the setting of one of the most overlooked but revealing contested changes of government…