A pro-democracy activist holds a placard demanding the resignation of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa during a demonstration against the country’s worsening economic situation held in Harare on November 29, 2018.
Kim Heller
Zimbabwe was once a liberatory light across Africa.
The country's political independence in 1980 was celebrated across the Continent as a long-awaited triumph against colonial domination and white minority rule.
With its expanses of productive land, developed infrastructure, and robust educational system, hopes were high that a democratic Zimbabwe would function as a strong cornerstone of post-colonial Africa — a lighthouse of sovereign, people-centred governance. However, this dream has dimmed over the decades.
