The process of transition in Zimbabwe has started, the negotiations between the two camps are underway. Although at the moment it is difficult to foresee the outcome of the whole issue but it is imperative to say that what has happened so far is a step towards change, change that would bring about the realization of the greater needs of the Zimbabwean people. It is a movement that would seek to challenge that Zimbabwe and its people are bigger and greater than Mugabe and his ideology combined. The suffering of the people of Zimbabwe within and outside the boarders should form as a point of reflection for the young people of our generation.
Most of us have talked and analysed the mugabe scenario countless times- the issue of power as embodied in Mugabe, to what extent as the young people of this era, is reflective of the mugabe as a person and discourse? In my view ours should be a generation that should be propelled by progressive thinking that articulates issues of power imbalances, inequality and engendered oppression, as some of the established social discourses that we should stand above. To what extent is our own power whether acquired or ascribed make us little Mugabe's? The movement from such oppressive attitudes is a two way process, it requires that we allow and empower the disadvantaged others and equally address our own attitudes, undressing the centres of oppression in our own beings. Although radical and challenging but a reflection in our own behaviors, the insitutionalized power languages and the choices we make, reflect our own biases, and continuously relegate others to positions of disadvantage. Blaming Mugabe, the Bush's of this world as symbols of hegemony, requires that we as well, through critical reflection search for tumapili na tuviduli in us, which put us in pole positions among others. This requires that although we might have our own positions which allow us to talk more and freely than others, human dignity and freedom of others should not be tramped upon- both in our work places as well as homes. It is from this premise that extending the same thought to the oppressive attitudes that come with masculinity should be addressed. Nkhukwiya pala nkhuwona madoda yakutimaba wazimayi. The fullness of life is well enjoyed when there is better coexistence with all groups that make up the human population.
Otherwise the little Mugabe's of this world requires that in our spaces where they are found, we challenge their world view so that they get acculturated to the thought that the equality of the human being is inherent in being human.
Most of us have talked and analysed the mugabe scenario countless times- the issue of power as embodied in Mugabe, to what extent as the young people of this era, is reflective of the mugabe as a person and discourse? In my view ours should be a generation that should be propelled by progressive thinking that articulates issues of power imbalances, inequality and engendered oppression, as some of the established social discourses that we should stand above. To what extent is our own power whether acquired or ascribed make us little Mugabe's? The movement from such oppressive attitudes is a two way process, it requires that we allow and empower the disadvantaged others and equally address our own attitudes, undressing the centres of oppression in our own beings. Although radical and challenging but a reflection in our own behaviors, the insitutionalized power languages and the choices we make, reflect our own biases, and continuously relegate others to positions of disadvantage. Blaming Mugabe, the Bush's of this world as symbols of hegemony, requires that we as well, through critical reflection search for tumapili na tuviduli in us, which put us in pole positions among others. This requires that although we might have our own positions which allow us to talk more and freely than others, human dignity and freedom of others should not be tramped upon- both in our work places as well as homes. It is from this premise that extending the same thought to the oppressive attitudes that come with masculinity should be addressed. Nkhukwiya pala nkhuwona madoda yakutimaba wazimayi. The fullness of life is well enjoyed when there is better coexistence with all groups that make up the human population.
Otherwise the little Mugabe's of this world requires that in our spaces where they are found, we challenge their world view so that they get acculturated to the thought that the equality of the human being is inherent in being human.
