On Zimbabwe: A Quick Story of How We Embraced Violence

As the dust settles and the amber and ashes cool after days of violence in Zimbabwe, I took a step back to understand how we got here. Politics and socials issues aside, an affinity for violence was one thing Zimbabweans were never known for, until now. In fact, many argued that because we are not a violent people (partly due to many still alive today having experience the liberation war and not wanting to live it again), we were easy to oppress and control.

So what changed? I’ll try try give...