Mid-Maine Global Forum – Stealth Democracy: Zimbabwe and the So-Called Unity Government (June 18)

Time and Date: Thursday, June 18, 11:45 a.m.
Place: REM Forum, The Center, 93 Main Street, Waterville
Price: $10 (Includes lunch catered by the Bread Box Cafe)
Registration: Call 859-4624 or e-mail no later than Wednesday, June 17, at 4:00 p.m. Please specify your choice of wrap.

Lunch buffet includes soup, mixed green salad with balsamic Dijon dressing, fresh homemade dessert, coffee/tea or water, and a half wrap:

• Turkey (turkey BLT with roasted garlic aioli)
• Veggie (baby spinach, cucumbers, olives, tomatoes, carrot, feta, and vinaigrette dressing)
• Crab (fresh Maine crab meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato, avocado (when in season), and Louis dressing)

The program is also open to those who choose not to have lunch. If you are not planning to eat, you do not need to register in advance.

About the Speaker

Robert Rotberg is Professor and Director of the Program on Intrastate Conflict at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, and President of the World Peace Foundation. He is the author of numerous articles about Zimbabwe and of Ending Autocracy, Enabling Democracy: The Tribulations of Southern Africa (2002). His most recent book is China into Africa: Aid, Trade, and Influence (2008). Dr. Rotberg has known Syl Whitaker for at least 40 years. We are honored to host such a distinguished expert as our speaker today.

The Mid-Maine Global Forum dedicates this program to the memory of C. Sylvester Whitaker, Jr., who passed away this winter after a battle with cancer. Syl had a distinguished career as a scholar, teacher, and administrator, and was the first African American male to graduate from Swarthmore College (in 1956) and the first African American to earn a PhD in Political Science from Princeton University (in 1962). His work on the emirates of northern Nigeria set the standard for scholarship in Nigeria, and remains essential reading for those who study political development, political change and issues of democratization. We were privileged to have Syl on the board of directors of the MMGF and we miss him.

For more information on the Mid-Maine Global Forum please see our web site.

On July 23, we will hold our Annual Dinner Meeting, featuring Harvard Professor Richard Vietor on the Global Economic Crisis. Mark your calendars and look for more details.