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Africa Subsaharan
Why don't many British tourists visit Victoria Falls?
2017-09-03
[BBC] In August 1934, a memorial statue to one of Britain's greatest national heroes, David Livingstone, was unveiled alongside his beloved Victoria Falls.

A thousand people attended the grand ceremony, including British government dignitaries and hundreds of Africans, some of whom had travelled for days to honour him.

Fully 60 years after the explorer's death, Livingstone's almost mythical status was undiminished.

A Christian missionary who risked his life many times to expose - and ultimately end - the evils of the East African slave trade, he introduced the world to one of its natural wonders, and was the first person ever to walk across Africa from coast to coast, exploring and mapping the geography of the "dark continent".
The classic BBC white wash and denial goes on and on, conveniently failing to mention betrayal of the Smith Government and their own people, nor the handing of the country and the region over to communist tyrants.
Posted by:Besoeker

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Posted by: DarthVader   2017-09-03 21:52  

#3  White minority rule could never be sustained. UK could not continue to support Smith even though Mugabe was/is a SOB.

It's insufficient that whites not rule in Africa. It's necessary that whites not rule anywhere. That seems to be how the conventional wisdom has evolved.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2017-09-03 17:50  

#2  White minority rule could never be sustained. UK could not continue to support Smith even though Mugabe was/is a SOB.

Appears to be something akin to our very own "White" MAJORITY rule, which is currently under attack. Sort of begs the question, does it not ?

But I do agree it is quite difficult to "sustain" the effort when faced with onerous western sanctions, universal condemnation, and an opposition fully armed and supported by the communist block.

Posted by: Besoeker   2017-09-03 15:32  

#1  White minority rule could never be sustained. UK could not continue to support Smith even though Mugabe was/is a SOB.
Posted by: John Frum   2017-09-03 15:20  

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