At the same time, even though the successful development of literary infrastructure in the 80s salved persistent anxieties about Zimbabwe's place in Africa after a prolonged period of isolation under Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of independence, things disintegrated during Robert Mugabe's long tenure in power.
Add this authentic declaration on top of things, it makes him one of the perfect role models for our young people".
As with so many unexpected outcomes, I somehow doubt that this was how the original drafters of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights saw things panning out, when they finally completed their work after two years of deliberations, back in 1948.
Pyrrho, on this interpretation, is issuing a declaration about the nature of things in themselves precisely what the later Pyrrhonists who called themselves sceptics were careful to avoid.
We do not by declarations change the nature of things, or create new truths, but we give existence, or at least establish in the minds of the people truths and principles which they might never otherwise have thought of, or soon forgot.
This show about the signing of the Declaration of Independence, of all things, came out of left field to win the 1969 Tony Award for best musical.
Some of his ideas helped inform the drafting, eight years later, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, among other things.
(Has that whole declaration of war via tweet thing been sorted out yet?).
Somewhat chillingly, he described the declaration of independence as merely a "foretaste of things to come".
