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...scene, remarked, "Right now the only black man who could survive in this place would have to be at least a sergeant major -with a citation for valor in the Rhodesian army." A few miles away, in the black township of Harari, a well-known black entertainer named Thomas Mapfumo mimicked the marching style of the Rhodesian soldiers. Then he brought down the house with a rendition of Send Your Children to War, a song clearly sympathetic to the guerrillas who are waging war against the Salisbury regime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RHODESIA: Scratching the Surface | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

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