When Zimbabwe was Rhodesia (Cecil J Rhodes), it was an exporter of food and successful. Now as Mugabe's Zimbabwe, it is one of the most miserable places on earth as the anti-colonial fight migrated to anti-white fight to the current thugocracy. Just goes to show, if you have the guns you too can be a dictator and survive hyper-inflation! NOTE: This chart was only for 2000 to 2010, the hyper period. Inflation 'moderated' in the past several years. FYI: The PRC Chinese are very involved in this area.
“The PRC Chinese are very involved in this area”
Of course they are. They financed his faction. All the while Britain, South Africa and the US (Jimmy Carter) sold out Rhodesia and the middle of Africa fell to the communists.
If you’re interested, have a look at
Bitter Harvest
Zimbabwe and the Aftermath of its Independence by Ian Smith.
Everything he predicted has come to pass.