Post by cjm on Oct 28, 2015 9:22:22 GMT
Tuesday, 27 October 2015 12:27
The last white farmers of Zimbabwe
Written by AgriPortal
It started 125 years ago with the dispossession of native-owned land to colonial freebooters. Native inhabitants demanded the return of their land and they turned to war. Thousands died for it.
It was declared won in 1980. “The land is ours,” they cried.
Then another35 years passed and a native was dispossessed of his land so that it could be given to a colonial freebooter, but no-one seemed to notice.
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The last white farmers of Zimbabwe
Written by AgriPortal
It started 125 years ago with the dispossession of native-owned land to colonial freebooters. Native inhabitants demanded the return of their land and they turned to war. Thousands died for it.
It was declared won in 1980. “The land is ours,” they cried.
Then another35 years passed and a native was dispossessed of his land so that it could be given to a colonial freebooter, but no-one seemed to notice.
...