Imperialism In Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has been greatly affected by western imperialism. During the colonial period, white people controlled the then called Southern Rhodesia. They took most of the farmland and organized the agriculture economy. In 1980, President Mugabe encouraged squatters to invade these white farms and kill people. This caused the agricultural economy to collapse. By the mid 1990’s Zimbabwe was in a terrible ecumenic state. This only worsened when Mugabe showed no compassion to his people. He turned on the informal sector of the economy and many famers and factory workers jobs went away. Mugabe ordered his men to destroy 700,000 urban residents. This caused people to leave the country. “An estimated four-plus million of the countries 12.9 million people were refugees. About 80% of the people were jobless. A whole generation of children suffered from malnutrition” (Blij 318). in 2008 a major outbreak of cholera killed thousands of people, and many people left the country again. Mugabe has dove Zimbabwe into the ground, and the people greatly suffer. The Congo today still sees the political ramifications from European imperialism. The Congo gained independence in the early 1960’s but terrible crisis occurred following this. In the mid 1990’s the Congo saw civil wars. This generated one of the largest refugee streams ever in
Zimbabwe is seen to been affected by western imperialism through the horrible leadership of Mugabe, who can be compared to Saddam Husain. The Congo still suffers political problems due to western imperialism, they face many civil discrepancies. This Western Imperialism had Africans adapting to various elements of European civilization. But the Europeans exploited Africa’s natural resources and today Africa still suffers from poverty, disease, war, and lack of a stable