Sunday, August 5, 2018

Africa in the News!

In South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa is gearing up to confiscate white farms.

Meanwhile Zimbabwe, which suffered the consequences of Robert Mugabe's seizure of white farms, just had its first election without Robert Mugabe.

We know a few South Africans, and have written about that nation's once fine army and it's brilliant campaign against the Angolans and Cubans in the 1980's.* 

They've got the best accent in the English speaking world.**

We've also read extensively on post colonial Africa and taught about it. Recall our 'Choose your Psychopath' African leader assignment.

What's happening in South Africa was inevitable.

*This is a time for Lethal Weapon II quotes if there ever was one.
**Worst is French-Canadian.

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