Robert Mugabe, the internationally despised despot of
Never mind the widespread outbreaks of cholera, the trillion-percent-and-growing inflation, or the total breakdown of basic social services and infrastructure: Bobby needs some sun and a banana daiquiri please!
We love chutzpah here at New York Press, and it would be a dream to know if there’s a way to say it in Shona, the language of Mugabe’s traditional ethnicity. So far we have ufuza, “imbecility,” chisimba, “impudence” and munhu akaipa, or a morally bad person. There’s also tsvuuramuromo or one who annoys or causes an angry reaction, usually intentionally.
However, this online Shona dictionary doesn’t go past “M” in English so we’re pretty limited. Submissions welcome!
