Patriotic Blackness: Africa and the Crisis in Zimbabwe
By Knox Chitiyo
6 Aug 2007
Zimbabwe’s crisis has polarized opinion and divided the global community along the fault-lines of race, class and economics. The forthcoming European Union (EU) – African Union (AU) summit in Lisbon in December 2007 is a case in point. In July, the Portuguese government, under pressure from a potential AU boycott, indicated their willingness to invite Robert Mugabe. This perceived acquiescence has infuriated the British government and created the possibility of an intra-EU split, as well as an EU-AU division. The Western community, particularly Britain and the US, have called on the African community to take a more forceful approach in resolving the crisis in Zimbabwe.
6 Aug 2007
Zimbabwe’s crisis has polarized opinion and divided the global community along the fault-lines of race, class and economics. The forthcoming European Union (EU) – African Union (AU) summit in Lisbon in December 2007 is a case in point. In July, the Portuguese government, under pressure from a potential AU boycott, indicated their willingness to invite Robert Mugabe. This perceived acquiescence has infuriated the British government and created the possibility of an intra-EU split, as well as an EU-AU division. The Western community, particularly Britain and the US, have called on the African community to take a more forceful approach in resolving the crisis in Zimbabwe.
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