The Brave Ones (and Mugabe)
So the African Union hosts Mugabe
Ian Khama sits down with Mugabe (*)
Thabo Mbeki sits down with Mugabe
John Kufuor sits down with Mugabe
All the great democrats
Polite & cordial diplomats
The Food and Agriculture Organisation
And other organs of the UN
Welcome Mugabe back
To the ruined halls of Rome
The European Union
And the delegates of its Member States
Sit down with Mugabe
To discuss trade deals in Lisbon
No country boycotts
No delegate walk-outs
No-one shouts in anger
Throws a can of paint
Or deigns to speak a truth to the dictator
Babies' legs are broken
Infants starve in villages
Where folks were brave enough to vote against him
Men and boys are slaughtered
Women raped and tortured
For the courage to uphold the opposition
And those who think they work in honour
For development and peace
Perform their rituals
At the same old tables
As if no beast sat in their midst.
* Note: Respect: Ian Khama has boycotted the latest sub-regional summit in brave protest at the continuing presence of Mr Mugabe.
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Human Blood Is Shed For Power
Human blood is shed for power in the African Sun
In Zimbabwe the only law is by the gun
Robert Mugabe now Africa's greatest despot an old man in years
Has turned his Country into a Land of oppression, hunger, Bloodshed and tears
A so called freedom fighter behind his so called military he cower
The awful crimes some do commit for to hang on to power
Arguably Africa's worst living despot where many despots are
For to hang on to power Mugabe has gone far too far
Most poor people in Zimbabwe do not have God on their side
By a power hungry octogenarian their lives have been destroyed
No fool like an old fool some are known to say
With Robert Mugabe it sure is that way
Despite his education he is not a wise man
He has not learned from life in his lengthy life span.
poem by Francis Duggan
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Mugabe's Man (tales of everyday torture)
I am one of Mugabe's street men
I cut off the feet of activist wives
And tie up children of the opposition
And leave them in burning houses to die
I am one of Slobodan's tigers
I nail Bosnian men to wooden doors
And rape their daughters and wives on the floor
I get good press coverage for that manoeuvre
I am one of Heinrich Himmler's Kapos
Herding Jew cattle into the coffers
Filling the ditches with twisted limbs
While gold teeth are pulled by my underlings
I am one of Uncle Joe's investigators
Working dark hours in the Lubyanko
Extracting every tortured confession
As if it were the gold tooth of state secrets
I am Ian Smith's police overlord
Scorching the earth of Shona villages
Smoking out Liberation vermin...
How come you're looking so surprised?
Can't you tell when you meet a smart guy?
A smart man always works both sides
Yes, I'm high on Mugabe's list
An honoured veteran of his service
We pacified the Matabele in '82
I'm looking out for my pension soon.
poem by Frank Bana
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The land is ours. It's not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people... Those of white extraction who happen to be in the country and are farming are welcome to do so, but they must do so on the basis of equality.
quote by Robert Mugabe
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We are not hungry... Why foist this food upon us? We don't want to be choked. We have enough.
quote by Robert Mugabe
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We pride ourselves as being top, really, on the African ladder... We feel that we have actually been advancing rather than going backwards.
quote by Robert Mugabe
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We of Africa protest that, in this day and age, we should continue to be treated as lesser human beings than other races.
quote by Robert Mugabe
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It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones.
quote by Robert Mugabe
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Stay with us, please remain in this country and constitute a nation based on national unity.
quote by Robert Mugabe
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We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating.
quote by Robert Mugabe
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So, Blair keep your England, and let me keep my Zimbabwe.
quote by Robert Mugabe
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I strongly support European sanctions against Mugabe and his ruling clique. We must do all in our power to help the people of Zimbabwe achieve their freedom and prosperity once again.
quote by Peter Hain
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We don't mind having sanctions banning us from Europe. We are not Europeans.
quote by Robert Mugabe
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Some people are contriving ways and means of making us collapse.
quote by Robert Mugabe
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Our party must continue to strike fear in the heart of the white man, our real enemy!
quote by Robert Mugabe
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In most recent times, as the West started being hostile to us, we deliberately declared a Look East policy.
quote by Robert Mugabe
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I wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement.
quote by Robert Mugabe
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People are free to campaign and they will be free to vote. There won't be any soldiers, you know, at the queues. Anyone who has the right to vote is free to go and cast his vote anywhere in his own area, in his own constituency.
quote by Robert Mugabe
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Was it not enough punishment and suffering in history that we were uprooted and made helpless slaves not only in new colonial outposts but also domestically.
quote by Robert Mugabe
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Countries such as the U.S. and Britain have taken it upon themselves to decide for us in the developing world, even to interfere in our domestic affairs and to bring about what they call regime change.
quote by Robert Mugabe
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The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans.
quote by Robert Mugabe
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