Zimbabwe Signs

As a Zimbabwean, like any Zimbabwean, I’ve watched and waited to hear he outcome of the current negotiations taking place in Harare to end the political deadlock. Deep down all of us have been hoping that the outcome would be positive, but few have dared to speak this out loud. We all know our president, and it seems hard to comprehend that he would actually give up power after a meeting or two. As someone who has lived outside Zimbabwe for a long time and travelled back and forth periodically I have seen signs that this day or something like it was looming. Perhaps being away for a year at a time allowed me to have a different perspective.  Or perhaps those who didn’t or couldn’t travel were too busy trying to survive to see how their lives and surroundings had changed.