Personal experience in Zimbabwe, and relationships with many Zimbabweans. It's easy to describe them all as supping at the rough, but it's also not the truth.
There have been many postings and threads on Zimbabwe and its elections this year on FR.
Please read them.
You will see that the majority of Zimbabweans do not support the klepto-thugs, nor are they socialists.
Africans, in fact are natural entrepenuers and capitalists, given the opportunity.
They, like the people in the previous Iron Curtain countries, are subject to the worst governanace on the planet.
Why ? IMO the aid sent there backfires for many reasons. I also think the Chinese have an in there we will never have...and puhleese don't tell me how wonderful and altruistic they are, I have worked in that sphere for fifteen years.
I guess they do not hack each other to pieces either , or slaughter fartmers in groups to kill the goose and have the eggs ? I suppose bad old Mugabe does all this by himself in a total vacuum of independence and entrepreneurial spirit...ever heard people get the government they deserve ? now THAT's personal responsibility and now we're getting somewhere!