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Zimbabwe's
game of health, life and death
Prespone
Matawira
April 02, 2009
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This is the
eighth article in the Chii
Chirikuita (What's Up?) series
A rusted wire
fence divides the old Zimbabwe from the new.
On the one side
lies Effie Malamba, born in 1901 she was buried beneath a granite
headstone 90 years later. On the other is Sylvia Ncube, born in
1974 she was laid to rest just 35 years later.
The wire separates
Bulawayo's old Hyde Park cemetery from its extension.
Effie lies amid ordered ranks of stone epitaphs. Sylvia lies in
a chaos of churned earth. All around her the mounds of mud and stones,
garlanded with plastic flowers, tell the story.
Zimbabwe now
has the lowest life expectancy for women anywhere in the world:
34.
A forest of
black metal plates mark the mounting death toll and their hand-painted
white numbers record the birth dates of a missing generation. Irene
Phiri born 1972, Gugu Hlanbangana in 1971, Lulu Olomo in 1975, are
just three of thousands.
This cull is
not an act of God. It is Zimbabwe's game of health, of life,
of death.
To play the
game you will need:
- Dice
- Minimum of
two players
- Tiddleywink
for each player.
Instructions:
- Roll six
on the dice to start.
- Move along
the game board and follow the instructions
- Try to avoid
finishing
(Inspired by
the game 'Alternatives to Globalisation' designed by
RW)
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the board game
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