In the post-independent Zimbabwe, to mention the word ‘Gukurahundi’ is to make a reference to a taboo subject matter. The word ‘Gukurahundi’ invokes profound and bitter memories, torture and murder of more than 20,000 people – mostly of Ndebele origin, in Matabeleland and parts of Midlands. The killings were carried out between 1982 and 1987 by North Korean-trained...