New dispensation, hagiography, Orwellian historical revisionism
New dispensation, hagiography, Orwellian historical revisionism guest column:Gibson Nyikadzino “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, and every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day-by-day and minute-by-minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the party is always right.” The above is an extract from George Orwell’s famous book 1984. Though written in 1984, Orwell’s totalitarian vision of a futuristic world has all-t...
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