Unconfirmed reports suggest that 70% of Zimbabwe's voting population is made up of youths, or people who are 30 years and below. It is difficult to ascertain what percentage of that have fled the country to the Diaspora in search of a better life, but a good number of them are very far away from their homeland, forced out by an acute failure of leadership.
But recent events by the custodians of the title deeds of a land called Zimbabwe seem to confirm two things. First, the youths constitute a large chunk of the voting population and; second the party that earns the trust and respect of this age-group is almost guaranteed to win next year's elections. As a result, a stampede of unprecedented levels for the youth vote is raging throughout the country. The battlefield comes in different shapes and sizes. While many progressive political leaders have chosen the social network forum, Facebook, as their preferred battleground, the one that takes my top price is the use of slang or street lingo by a Head of State and government of a once great country. As if that is not enough, this leader, who is nearly ninety years old, is even trying his luck in rap and hip-hop singing. All in an effort to woo the youths to join his dying party.
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