Is it just me or was the BBC coverage of Mugabe's death somewhat surprising? Almost made him sound like Mandela!
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(09-06-2019, 09:16 AM)Spandaubaggie Wrote: [ -> ]Is it just me or was the BBC coverage of Mugabe's death somewhat surprising? Almost made him sound like Mandela!
I thought that too. Very strange
(09-06-2019, 10:24 AM)Sliced Wrote: [ -> ] (09-06-2019, 09:16 AM)Spandaubaggie Wrote: [ -> ]Is it just me or was the BBC coverage of Mugabe's death somewhat surprising? Almost made him sound like Mandela!
I thought that too. Very strange
Not really strange. Think many people across Africa feel quite conflicted about him. Almost a life in two parts. He was the poster boy for a new Africa, throwing off the imperial shackles and all that. But, as always, power proved intoxicating and revealed the hideous character flaws in all their glory (or gory).
(09-06-2019, 10:24 AM)Sliced Wrote: [ -> ] (09-06-2019, 09:16 AM)Spandaubaggie Wrote: [ -> ]Is it just me or was the BBC coverage of Mugabe's death somewhat surprising? Almost made him sound like Mandela!
I thought that too. Very strange
+2
They seem to have focused on the questionable good of his time as leader and left out a lot of the voter suppression, facism, economic stagnation, hyperinflation, corruption and human rights abuses. Guess there was a word count limit.
A little known fact:
He was from Yorkshire. He just reversed his surname to make him sound more African.
A hero to any country that has been occupied by a colonial power.