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What Did Zimbabwe's Independence Promise? Why Did White Rhodesians Leave?

On 18 April 1980, Zimbabwe emerged from the liberation war under black majority rule. Independence brought enormous hopes for political dignity, land, education, opportunity and an end to racial exclusion. Yet the people who had fought for the new country still needed schooling, livelihoods, land and a place in civilian society. Political freedom was an achievement; rebuilding daily life was a longer undertaking.