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Why do Africans think Robert Mugabe was a good guy?
I have been privilleged to live in a couple of European countries. A lot of the times when I strike a conversation with a fellow African, and I mention I'm from Zimbabwe, they proceed to tell me of how Robert Mugabe was some sort of hero. For the most part it will be fellow Africans from outside Southern Africa that praise Mugabe.
This amuses me as a Zimbabwean. Mugabe did a lot of bad. Often people will try to mention the land reform program in support of Mugabe. Although I don't agree with the way the land redistribution was done, I do understand the history behind this issue so I don't judge him too harshly on that.
However, I do judge the man harshly for his tribalism, massive corruption enriching his family, for creating this culture of rigging elections, for destroying the economy, for killing his opponents, for sponsoring massive violence in 2008 after losing an election and for destroying our currency and bringing a prospourous economy to its knees among other things.
If you are a person who views Mugabe as a hero, I would like to understand your reasoning.
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I have been privilleged to live in a couple of European countries. A lot of the times when I strike a conversation with a fellow African, and I mention I'm from Zimbabwe, they proceed to tell me of how Robert Mugabe was some sort of hero. For the most part it will be fellow Africans from outside Southern Africa that praise Mugabe.
This amuses me as a Zimbabwean. Mugabe did a lot of bad. Often people will try to mention the land reform program in support of Mugabe. Although I don't agree with the way the land redistribution was done, I do understand the history behind this issue so I don't judge him too harshly on that.
However, I do judge the man harshly for his tribalism, massive corruption enriching his family, for creating this culture of rigging elections, for destroying the economy, for killing his opponents, for sponsoring massive violence in 2008 after losing an election and for destroying our currency and bringing a prospourous economy to its knees among other things.
If you are a person who views Mugabe as a hero, I would like to understand your reasoning.
#local
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