POOR Julius. What is to be done after you, with great fanfare, announced the launch of the revolution, but nobody turned out on the day?
That’s far more disastrous for Africa’s wannabe Che Guevara than an insurrection militarily suppressed. Genuine revolutionary movements thrive on their initial defeats by a violent government. Such skirmishes burnish their struggle myths and enthuse the youthful cannon fodder required to overthrow a powerful state.
