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...latest streak of violence is a disquieting sign that the fragile tribal coalition that turned white-ruled Rhodesia into black-governed Zimbabwe in 1980 is crumbling. On one side are Prime Minister Robert Mugabe and nearly 6 million members of the Shona tribes; opposing them are Joshua Nkomo, the rival nationalist leader, and the 1.5 million-strong Ndebeles. Mugabe supporters blame the holiday terror on diehard members of Nkomo's ZIPRA guerrilla army, which was disbanded after the nation's seven-year civil war had ended. Nkomo stoutly denies any responsibility for the rebel actions, although he does...
...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...
...consumer and other U.S. industries. Furthermore, Newton's third law of motion (the one about every action having an equal and opposite reaction) applies in international trade. Protectionist laws invite retaliation. The logic of protectionism is degenerative. It pitches economics toward a medieval and even tribal fragmentation...
...when the couple lived in a grass hut in the village of Kelila, the tribal chief surprised them one day by coming to say, "As long as we have our fetishes, we are not ready to hear God." About 5,000 Danis brought charms and spirit paraphernalia to throw onto a bonfire. Recalls Dillinger: "The men shouted...