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As the country fights for its right to exist, Ukrainians at home and abroad are embracing their language, literature, and heroic figures

It is clear why Africa’s autocrats favour the Russian position: they don’t want to be held accountable and they believe in the rule of the jungle, not the rule of law. Ukraine’s resistance is as much a challenge to their view of the world as it is an example to Africa’s democrats.

A personal visit to Ukraine reveals a common, hard-fought struggle for freedom aspired to by many living under African autocracies.