The Monitor (Kampala)
19 April 2008
Until the recent past, wife battering in African homes was regarded as a domestic affair; men would beat their wives at will, well knowing that such matters were after all domestic. This was worsened by the perceptions of local culture that emphasised that family issues should not be taken to the public.
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Would one guess Mugabe's Shona speakers who are an overwhelming majority at 76% have finally tired of his tribal bs ? There is not enough anti-white and anti-colonialism heroism rhetoric in the world to overcome an economy with 10000% inflation, life expectancy of 37 and 34 for men and women respectively, or banal governance. The day before yesterday it was the Ndebele, yesterday it was the whites, to-day is the Shona too. Only fools don't see what Martin Luther King said "injustices anywhere is injustice everywhere". The point being just because injustices aren't happening in your backyard doesn't mean they wont because they will soon or later. The folly with Ugandans is that they don't see beyond Kampala or their little district. So instead of waiting for the world to come to their rescue Ugandans are better of condemning and routing out injustice anywhere in Uganda no matter where it occurs, not just in their backyard, but rather throught the country. There is strength in numbers to overcome tyranny. The dictators unlike some of the citizens know this.