Why Robert Mugabe Is Like The Horned Owl In A Folktale From Zimbabwe
As the story goes, the owl ruled over all the other birds with absolute power — until a skeptical fork-tailed drongo decided to test the power of its horns.
When I was a boy growing up in Zimbabwe, our primary school textbook had a story about an owl that ruled all the other birds.
The current situation in Zimbabwe, with the end of the 37-year regime of President Robert Mugabe, has reminded me of that folktale from the Shona, a Bantu ethnic group native to Zimbabwe, Mozambiuque and Zambia.
The story is called the "Owl and Drongo" in Shona, which
