Was in Harare in 1998. Disheartened to see how far the have fallen.

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Investing, I'd love to hear more about that. I'm trying to find more resources on post colonial Southern Africa. A podcast interviewing folks who where there and watched things shift would be awesome.

I went for a week to train the new E&Y engineers. Walked with my laptop to work without any worries. In South Africa I needed a guard to walk me to my car.

Went for beers at night and met lovely people. Had beers with a couple Rugby enthusiasts and played pool with a teacher dressed as a cowboy. All non-western blokes.

Did encounter some entertainers that were openly berating anybody that was white in the vicinity. That probably set the stage for the communists to blame whites for all their problems. The tension was in the air.

Forgot to answer your question.

The only podcast I know of is 'History of South Africa Podcast'.

I regularly watch 'The Lost History Files' on YouTube. It contains some good deep research into specific topics.

I don't know of anything that covers the whole Southern Africa. Probably since that is more than two times the size of the EU. You may find material if you look in the local dialect spoken in the land. German for Namibia, Portuguese for Mozambique etc.

I can recommend that you watch the interview by William F. Buckley Jr. of John Vorster. He lays out pretty nicely the conundrum they were facing.

But for a broader understanding you should read Thomas Sowell's Trilogy: 'Conquests and Cultures', 'Migrations and Cultures' and 'Race and Culture'. Thomas Sowell is just a gem.

I hate to admit it, but I've never read Sowell. So I might start there.

This could be what you are looking for? There are many articles and interviews

https://www.theamericantribune.news/p/why-rhodesia-lost-the-bush-war-with