The tragedy of Zimbabwe is the silence, the indolence and the pathetic acquiesence of the younger generation of Africans.

Where are the youth movements? Where are the immature, angry voices? Where are the street protests organised by those with most to gain and, empowered by the naive and reckless abandon of childish inexperience, at the same time least to lose.

We - the young, angry, educated African elite - must examine ourselves and admit our failures. We have failed Zimbabwe. We have failed Zimbabweans. We have failed Africa.