A fantastic although topic-jumping essay from November issue of The New Yorker details president Robert Mugabe’s systematic destruction of Zimbabwe. It includes some history, too, which helps explain how the country has gone from being Africa’s breadbasket to Africa’s begging bowl.
He added, “The West is afraid to be accused of being neocolonial, as Mugabe accuses it of being. But this is not what is happening. What is happening is that twelve million people are under siege by a purported liberator.” Mudzuri concluded, “Why is it O.K. to help Iraq and fund everything there, but wrong here? To leave Africa to the dictators and the looters doesn’t help you. Where is Big Brother? He is not here.”
I’m not sure how long The New Yorker archives their essays online, so here’s a PDF for download.
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