“FOR several years I have been interested in Zimbabwe because Robert Mugabe is pretty much the only African leader trying to totally dislodge white power in Africa,” that is how this protest and observational video, Why They Hate Mugabe, begins.

“Mugabe represents the greatest threat to white power the world has ever seen in modern age.
“He is no stooge.
“He is a man, a black man, standing on his two feet … as it stands he is fighting for the right thing now … so I support what he is doing because it’s way past time somebody has the guts to.”
I never ever imagined this phenomenon could be so strongly felt by foreigners especially those that rely hugely on BBC or CNN’s reports on President Mugabe.
It reflects now, that out there, there are other comrades from some parts of the globe that are beginning to see, follow, appreciate and understand the Zimbabwean crisis it ‘has never been about land or human rights, since one of Euro Clowns has never cared about that anyway’.
Whoever the narrator is in Why They Hate Mugabe is unapologetic to bogus African political leaders whom he always refers to as ‘Euro clowns’, ‘stooges’ and ‘puppets’.
Their regime change agenda in Africa, he says, ‘has always been about supporting and maintaining white power’.
Why They Hate Mugabe is a mind sparring partner showing the blindfolded consumers of Western media that there is foul play in today’s world politics, “Mugabe has shown the world that even the poorest of the nation can overthrow white control if they have leaders committed to it.”
We have seen many times, the reproductions of this political vicious circle especially in Africa, where these ‘Euro Clowns’ are the praise singers of the West.
They are stooges or puppets of Western powerhouse and they make the big mistake of joining them on their round table which is surrounded by a crude history of tricksters, shape-shifters, villains, who always shift goal posts.
The International Monetary Fund is the best example.
In the documentary, Legacy of Nyerere, depicting on the achievements of one of the greatest sons of Africa, Julius Nyerere, the late and former president of Tanzania, is frank on the way the IMF operates.
“The IMF is no longer being used for the purposes for which it was founded,” he says.
“The condition of the IMF as they are – are very rough for the poor countries.
“It’s a very good instrument of controlling the economies of the Third World.”
While in power, Nyerere embraced the IMF and it never worked better for the Tanzanians.
Nyerere, instead, resorted to policies encouraging the mass to work towards self-reliance.
“Africa is of our interest, when we are killing each other, if you want to appear on European television, we can cause more trouble somewhere.”
Nyerere would not pretend that he was unaware of the problem of ‘Euro-clowns’ in African politics.
There is no doubt that President Mugabe is no villain, but a victim of the supreme powers of the West.
He could well be defined as a legendary hero.
There is a universally valid hero deed represented in his political career and adventures.
He has always stood head and shoulder, in perpetual advocacy, “Zimbabwe shall never be a colony again.”
A legendary hero, according to the late Joseph Campbell, is usually the founder of something – the founder of a new age, the founder of a new religion, the founder of a new city, the founder of a new way of life.
In order to found something new, one has to leave the old and go in quest of the seed, a germinal idea that will have the potentiality of bringing forth that new thing.
There is no better way a hero can be defined as stipulated above by Campbell. I do not see why President Mugabe can be doubted of his heroic deed.
In the true essence of a hero’s journey, President Mugabe has a timeless appeal as a composite hero and leader, legendary redeemer and cadre, bearer of African consciousness and solidarity, an eloquent mentor and diplomat, insightfully intelligent and academic and above all he remains witty, humorous and engaging.
He is our protagonist, on a special mission, whose story can be best told and enjoyed using the universally acknowledged narrative structure of the hero’s journey.
He has met antagonists, villains, mentors, allies, shape-shifters, tricksters, shadows and monsters.
Let us not appear or fall into pretence as if we do not know who they are?
Only then are we able to comprehend and appreciate President Mugabe’s heroic journey.
Those familiar with the narrative of the hero story structure may ask, where is the inciting incident?
Ian Linden in the book, The Catholic Church and the Struggle for Zimbabwe, admits, “already by 1964 Moto had begun speaking of ‘Zimbabwe’, and within a few months of Robert Mugabe’s speeches (as General-Secretary of the newly formed ZANU) were being carried on the front page.”
So when President Mugabe talks about, ‘Keep your England and I will keep my Zimbabwe’, it shows a strong bearing and intense conviction.
Let Zimbabwe be blessed!