However, the outside world has been reluctant to support the Zimbabwean cause, with today, young people being made to pay for the sins of their liberator-fathers.

There are many ways to interpret the crisis in Zimbabwe.

But as a Zimbabwean, what has absolutely struck me is how truncated the version of history President Robert Mugabe and his cronies have been feeding to the people.

We have been made to believe that the history of Zimbabwe began with the bush war. Everything in Zimbabwe is seen through the lens of the bush war.

But, of course, the facts of the matter are that we have a larger history than that, and this truncated version only serves to propel the selfish interests of the incumbent regime.

As I have stated, there are many other mirrors to look at the Zimbabwe crisis, including missed opportunities to address institutional inequalities in 1980. Our Independence was negotiate in Lancaster, and as happens with any negotiation, there are bound to be compromises. One of the things that was compromised at Lancaster was the land question, and this issues always hung above the nation state like a virile serpent, and indeed exploded in 2000.

Also, in 1980, the people of Zimbabwe were never given an opportunity to determine their own constitution.

Only history will record who really failed the people of Zimbabwe.