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Zimbabwe’s military may not be sophisticated in terms of weaponry and the art of modern warfare, but what it lacks in hardware components, it has compensated for it in maturity, decorum and caution. What could have spilled over to a state of anomie has become a precedence for upholding democratic values in Africa. Mugabe’s initial resistance and the seemingly disappearing acts of “Gucci” Grace Mugabe, his wife is a reflection of the do or die nature of many African leaders who become drunk with power and so insensitive to the yearnings and sufferings of the masses by using state apparatus to hold on to power. The story of the lion in the jungle in Igbo tradition reflects the African leader’s loss of his territorial powers and strength to the same people he claims to protect. “The Lion claims to be the king of the jungle, but when the jungle is on fire, the lion will be on the run” the proverb ends by asking the question, “can the lion be greater than the jungle? It’s a dance of

Bob Marley’s concerns over three decades ago regarding the unity of Africans saying, “when will African people unite, when will black people come together?” has yet again resonated by the actions and inactions of Africans to the plight of its own people in Libya and of course many other parts of the continent. Africans are guilty of indifference in as much as they continue to allow the wickedness of the wicked to thrive. The horrific pictures and tales from migrants from West Africa trying to cross the Mediterranean, the trek of death in the desert and worse still the sufferings they face in the hands of fellow Africans are scary, disheartening and overwhelming. A continent which boasts of wealthy captains of industries and CEOs in billions of dollars, owners of private jets and expensive jetties, politicians who have had to store up their wealth in Panama and other foreign accounts to avoid being prosecuted, mega churches with so much land space that they are already regarded