Reddit reviews Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa

Glad I could be of some help!

You may also want to check out Peter Godwin's Mukiwa; it's his memoir from growing up in Rhodesia, and much of the book deals with his time as a soldier in Matabeleland during the Bush War. It was obviously a different conflict, but it has a lot of similarities, and a lot of differences that make it a good comparative study with the conflicts in Namibia and Angola.

I don't have any primary sources for you, but you may also want to look into the Angolan War of Independence, the Portuguese Colonial War, and the Carnation Revolution, as all three played a major part in the Namibian conflict and the eventual collapse of apartheid.

Thanks for bringing this up. The suppression of ZIPRA and the genocide of the Ndebele is almost never talked about, especially not by the 'anti-imperialists' cheerleading the Mugabe regime. Hell, both ZIPRA and ZANU were not above killing civilians for the lulz. Mugabe basically rode the coattails of ZIPRA before purging them and claiming ZANU did all the work. Lolz.

Also I've seen local SJWs announce that referring to Rhodesia is a sure sign of racism...which is hilarious because although Rhodesia was far from perfect, it was NOT an apartheid society like South Africa was. If it wasn't for Ian Smith's UDF, things probably would not have turned out as bad as they did.

tdlr: Mugabe is a real piece of shit, and actually did less to 'liberate' Zimbabwe then Nkomo.

I ran into a Rhodesian vet by pure accident and he recomended this book: http://www.amazon.ca/Mukiwa-A-White-Boy-Africa/dp/0802141927