The nationalist orgs behind the Chimurenga/Umvukela fight against colonial rule were not devoid of internal conflict! Cde.Khumalo talks about some of those wartime tensions and schisms- and how they may have led to the death of a most revered leaders!
https://t.co/b7RguQEKf6
At what point does the reality of being in war, with all its ugliness, dawn on you? In this clip, Cde. Khumalo (Joel Samuel Siyangapi Muzhamba) describes some of those simultaneously sobering and scarring experiences!
https://t.co/kxNZSoomCQ
In this clip, Cde. Khumalo (Joel Samuel Siyangapi Muzhamba) speaks about the role women played during the struggle, and how it saddens him that they have not been recognized accordingly.
https://t.co/iBWxon0SAM
In the early days of the Chimurenga/Umvukela, the nationalists naturally struggled in their recruitment efforts. In this vid, Cde Khumalo explains how leaders of the revolution would abduct young men into the camps as a form of recruitment!
#Chimvukela
https://t.co/WJTUcaYtj4
In this 2nd of a riveting 3-part interview, Cde Khumalo disputes the idea that ZANU, at inception, was an ethnically-based organization. He also discusses ZANLA's very controversial recruitment tactics, and bemoans the erasure of women in war time memory.
https://t.co/8GUm6TFmGT
@ibbosnr Agree with you. this challenge can be overcome if there is inter-generational engagement between those that lived through the Chimvukela and the born-frees & this older generation needs to be more open about where it went wrong - we can’t go forward without revisiting our past!
The presidential address by Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole that took place at the Party Congress in Gwelo in 1964 was when the Reverend coined one of the most important phrases that would live on beyond his time, "We are our own liberators".
#NdabaningiSitholeFoundation