The December 12th Movement have been long time supporters of Zimbabwe, late President Robert Mugabe, and have advocated to have decades-long sanctions lifted against the South African nation.
With that foundation, on April 18, Bedford-Stuyvesant’s Sista’s Place was the location where continental Africans, African and Caribbean Americans came out to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of Zimbabwe’s independence. They gained their independence from Britain in 1976. Almost a hundred thousand Zimbabweans died fighting for liberation against the Western and U.S.-sponsored white government.
Despite Zimbabwe’s sanctions-not-withstanding achievements, the D12 Movement has long pushed for the harsh economic restrictions to be revoked. They did however, tout positive points like: Zimbabwe having one of the highest literacy rates on the continent; a stringent healthcare policy which led to a relatively low number of deaths assigned to COVID .
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