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Liberal dreams – Garfield Todd & the people of Zimbabwe

Few Zimbabweans born after independence know the story of Garfield Todd who was Prime Minister, from 1953 to 1958, of what was then Southern Rhodesia. During his tenure, he pushed for numerous reforms to make education, voting and even alcohol more accessible to black Zimbabweans. A new book tells his story and fills the gap in an often unshared part of Zimbabwean history.