He sent his family out of the country and then quietly slipped over the border himself. But instead of diminishing, the campaign against him gained traction. Mawarire presumed people would understand why he had left and would be pleased that he was safe. Zimbabwe’s legendary anticolonial revolutionary leaders, Mugabe and Mnangagwa, had spent time in exile too. Instead, some of Mawarire’s own supporters began echoing the words of Jonathan Moyo and the mocking, jeering regime media. See, we told you he was a traitor. See, he’s going to live abroad, supported by his paymasters. “The same social
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