The Organizer: The Story of Temba Moyo (1974) ZAPU/ZIPRA

Temba Moyo was born 40 years after the the people of Zimbabwe had suffered their last defeat at the hands of British invaders and their muskets. the young Ndebe of his grandfather’s generation comprised the force of king Lobengula’s regiments, cheated and slaughtered as they were to clear the way for Britain’s quest fir gold, land and other riches….

Like thousands of young Zimbabweans in similar situations, Temba became bitter and dissatisfied with the place allotted him in the colonial set up: ‘Many like myself,’ he tells us, ‘had good education and no physical handicaps whatsoever. Yet not one of us earned enough to save even a few shillings a month. Every penny went for necessities. we realised that under the settler regime our material prospects were bleak. Thus, we thought, it was necessary to try and end this system. Only a few young Zimbabweans failed to appreciate this fact.

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