Africans Liberate Zimbabwe
As Bob Marley famously sang at Zimbabwe's Independence Ceremony in 1980:
"Africans liberate Zimbabwe..."
Ironically, the dawn of their independence from Great Britain was the onset of what turned out to be an era of the tyrannical, hamfisted rule of Robert Gabriel Mugabe. Africans liberate Zimbabwe indeed...
After 28 yrs of dictatorial wand-waving, economic rape & political manipulation - the last 13 or so of which have seen Zimbabwe plummet from being a potential economic African powerhouse to an inflation world-record breaker & a nation of suffering and despair (not to mention a pain in the ass to buy a beer, which cost Zim$1,000,000 as of December 2007) - the change is hopefully coming. After Zimbabweans went to the polls this past weekend, an opposition victory has been projected. However, suspicious delays in the announcement of the results of March 29th's election are giving rise to unnecessary tension, frustration and nerves (Juliet, thanks for a wonderful article - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7322727.stm)
My Zimbabwean friends here are probably gonna massively celebrate this weekend and I am planning to join them as they celebrate breaking free from the Mugabe shackles of oppression, ending the nightmare and heralding in rapid winds of great dreams, change, hope and a bright future.
However, an arduous journey of transition lies ahead. My prayer is that this road to recovery for Zimbabwe will be swift, progressive, successful and peaceful. I also hope they will not need to carry truckloads of notes to grab a cold beer at the pub.
"Every man got a right to decide his own destiny'. Well spoken, sons and daughters of Zimbabwe...change is coming.
posted by Migz at
5:25 PM
2 Comments:
Heaven and hell is on earth - listening to some deep Salt n Pepa...now that we have lyricists influence the blog..
"Children play, women produce
Kids killing kids just for the juice
Now Africa is looking for the truth
But its gonna take a while to enlighten the youth"
I cry for my beloved, for year in year out, politicians come and lie to the youth, and we fall for it everytime. Zimbabwe has the chance to pull herself from the morass of decay and decadence that 'that' octogenarian has dragged her into. So sad is the case for Zimb - they gave up fighting - I mean, where in the world would you get inflation rates of 20% and retain the same government?!!
I just hope that they bring change - though their s requires another fifty years to recover -for all Mugabe students, trainees and loyalists to die and a fresh breed of politicians, a new generation as yet unborn, to come up. These same guys shifting last minute are spineless bastards who will only keep the status quo, as we have seen elsewhere, and only a new generation can (sic) "liberate my people" - thanks Bob (Marley).
By
Mgema the skilled Cooper, at April 01, 2008 5:46 PM
free Zimbabwe, freedom and peace for Africa.
ciao da Venezia
By
arachesostufo, at August 02, 2008 5:10 PM
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