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...Tribal Jealousy...
Your article "The Plague of Tribal Enmity" [Jan. 17] focused mainly on the feud between Zimbabwe's Shona and Ndebele tribes, ignoring the other oppressed groups. As a member of a Zimbabwe minority tribe, I deplore the lack of dialogue between the people of my nation. Their refusal to accept religious, linguistic or racial diversity in others is a clear signal of a fatal future...
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...
...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...