The Movement for Democratic Change and all other concerned Zimbabweans should issue an appeal to all their fellow-subjects of "Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Zimbabwe and of her other Realms and Territories", to aid them in overthrowing the usurpatious tyrant, Robert Mugabe. Is it conceivable that we would not then go to their aid? Furthermore, each of the tribal groups in Zimbabwe should proclaim Her Majesty its Paramount Chief in those same terms.
Her Majesty wouldn't have to do anything. That's the point: this would come from within Zimbabwe, and would place moral and political obligations on governments and people in 16 sovereign states (only four of them predominantly, and none entirely, white), and in numerous other territories besides, not only in these islands, but also in the Americas and in the Pacific.
So not only would this rescue the basket case of Africa and make it once more the bread basket, but it would also constitute a formal tie between Africa and her diaspora in the Caribbean. God Save The African Queen!
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The Queen isn't Queen of Zimbabwe and never has been. Furthermore, the Ndebele do not have a paramount system and never have had. Theirs was a kingdom, governed by an hereditary aristocracy. You are asking them to accept a Shona style for their territory.... Yeah, that's going to go down well.
ReplyDeleteMore thought is needed here, I feel.
"The Queen isn't Queen of Zimbabwe and never has been."
ReplyDeleteDoesn't mean that she never can be, if they want her to be, which is the point here. And it's not as if there aren't historic ties to Britain. Indeed, the present Zimbabwean oppistion is very pro-British. Mugabe is right about that, if about nothing else.
This is a brilliant idea, Exile. There would be British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and maybe other troops in Zimbabwe within a day or less. Mugabe would be gone and democracy would be restored. We would be like Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
ReplyDeleteWe MDC bloggers read this blog you know. I hope we take him up on this idea. I really do.