Do Zimbabweans hate Zimbabwe? A thread 1. Dear @wode_maya and @kenyansista . You both claim to be victims of cyber bullying by Zimbabweans,and my ask to you is to do "introspection", why do you think Zimbabweans dislike you when you are showcasing the "positives" of their country
2. Zimbos don't dislike you because you post the good things about Zimbabwe. Zimbos take an exception to how you come here and throw around words like "Unlike what most say, Zimbabwe is actually beautiful" ... Who is most? It is statements like these, and your cavorting with ..
3. surrogates of the architects of our woes that makes us see red. Zimbabwe is a beautiful land, and it is amazing to VISIT not to LIVE in. When you VISIT you go to nice places and spend your money, sleep in nice hotels with air conditioning.And sometimes "magically" ...
4.."millionaire farmers" who are nigh unknown to Zimbos. The idea of a Ghanaian/Kenyan "discovering" a millionaire farmer in Zim sounds eerily similar to David Livingstone discovering the Victoria Falls! 5
5. We question your motive! We also take an exception to you then acting like you love Zimbabwe more than us, and can see positive things more than us, listen guys, we love Zimbabwe, for most of us it's the only land we know and can call home, we cry out because it is not ideal.
6. some of us old enough have seen better. FYI, I read an article bashing Zim on World Nomad as an unsafe tourist destination and wrote a rebuttal, and the editor reached out to me to write a corrected article and I did, so no, we do not hate Zim or want only negative stories ...
7. to be spread, We want the TRUE stories to be told! You on the other hand, want to tell one side of the story, I guess that's the downside of the digital era where all you need is a camera and microphone, and zero classes in ethics.
8. Us who live here, have to deal with stuff you can't see in a weekend of touring. Zim's situation needs more introspection than just pointing a camera and shouting "welcome to my channel, please subscribe"...
9. We love Zimbabwe and will never claim Victoria Falls is ugly or that the Jacarandas are ugly, however don't come and invalidate our struggles based on your interactions with cantenkerous clowns like Matinyarare who think crying out is akin to selling out.
10. When you visit, you won't struggle to get a passport, you won't struggle to get a Driver's license, you won't deal with dry taps, or uncollected rubbish, you won't know about Pomona scandal...we are not saying come and talk about these...
11. we are simply saying, be sensitive to the situation on the ground in your recording, in your tweets. Why is it that artists like Burna Boy who came and sang were not bashed, Burna usually speaks out about injustice, but in Zim he kept quiet, yet Zimbos didn't bash him, why?
12.-he read the room and didn't pick a side while pretending to be focusing on "the positives" Come, enjoy, film, but when you decide to excercise your freedom of association by linking up with characters who provoke the pple, don't be surprised when they associate you with them
13. You then speaking their language doesn't help your case. In conclusion, Zimbabweans love their country to bits. We are fiercely patriotic, however we reject any and all attempts to paint us as self haters or whiners. Read the room, don't align with our oppressors.