A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy of Robert Mugabe and the Soul of a Nation

by Reeves, Peter • 2013

In the land between the Limpopo and Zambezi Rivers, there is no such utopian fantasy as black and white man living side by side in peace and harmony. They fought on opposite sides during the war. Maj. Richard Harrison fought for Ian Smith, while Commader Jairos Svosve fought under Robert Mugabe. The war ended, and as Smith and Mugabe lived side by side in peace, so did Maj. Harrison and Commader Jairos. At the turn of the millennium, the great economic and social divide, mingled with wounds left by the war of independence, erupted into violence and savagery. The social fabric of the country was torn, death became the norm, and the country tore itself apart. The lie that was the peace and harmony between the races was exposed. In Africa wounds run deep. In Africa, some wounds never heal...