Chinua Achebe

Zimbabwe Rising Debt to China: There Is No Free Lunch

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they pose for the media after a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 3, 2018. Mnangagwa is on a visit to China to seek economic support from a major partner that previously backed his ousted predecessor Robert Mugabe. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Parker Song

This man, President Mnangagwa reminds me of Unoka in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. His son Okonkwo was embarrassed by him. He was perennially in debt and didn’t care. He was lazy and constantly borrowing from friends and neighbours. He didn’t pay back. He was always looking for favours. (China)