Word: tribalized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Like most Americans, I loathe any form or expression of bigotry, but I resolutely refuse to defend the modern statesman whose political philosophy is based on the alleged pronouncements of an ancient tribal...
...winds howled through the canyon, the people huddled beside their fires. The days had become short and cold, and the tribe's store of food was running low. Every day the people asked a tribal elder when the warming sun would return. But Sun Watcher, as he was called, sadly shook his head. The sun father, he said, was still journeying away. Then one day, when it seemed as if the far-off disc had barely risen above the horizon, Sun Watcher's wizened face broke into a smile. The sun father, he announced, had decided to return...
...tribal rivalries stretch back to the early 19th century, when Ndebele warriors plundered the camps of the Shonas. British settlers combined the hostile tribes into one nation in 1890, but the antipathy remained. During the civil war, the Shonas and Ndebeles split into rival guerrilla camps, with Mugabe's ZANLA forces based in neighboring Mozambique and aided by the Chinese, and Nkomo's ZIPRA army at headquarters in Zambia and helped by the Soviets. The rebels agreed on only the most basic goal: the replacement of Prime Minister Ian Smith's white-dominated regime by an independent...
Caught in the web of the tribal conflicts are the country's 170,000 whites, less than 3% of the total population of 7.5 million. Zimbabwe depends heavily on its skilled white workers, especially in farming and mining. But 42,000 have emigrated since independence, even though Mugabe has repeatedly assured them that they are wanted in Zimbabwe's multiracial society. Says a white farmer in Matabeleland: "The situation is more worrisome than it was during...
...with Nkomo secretly last month to explore ways to defuse the volatile situation, but the results of the session are not known. Low-level officials of both parties are working on a political compromise that would give Nkomo and his followers a larger role in the government. But because tribal enmity is so deeply rooted in Zimbabwe's history, any settlement may prove fleeting...