Well written Pawell. Zimbabwe is not a “threat” to Africa. Zimbabwe is a ‘”threat” to the “Africa” as conceived by the global powers: that of a marginal continent, racked by disease and hunger, and producing only raw materials for export.
“What ails Africa is a lack of patriotism and a tendency by her educated elites to free-ride on the backs of imperialists……” This era has to end. African intellectuals and educated elites must be Africa focused if Africa is to be “free” again. At present most of them are just buttressing the present system that keeps Africa down and our.
What if other “Zimbabwes” happen in other parts of the world. In today’s zero-sum global construct, what will happen to today’s “master-slave” paradigm, where the majority slave for the benefit of a few. If the “slaves’ start demanding a greater piece of the pie will the “masters’ still be able to dominate them? I think that is the “threat” that Zimbabwe offers to the whole world. James Chikonamombe
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