Elliot Pfebve: loss, exile and a legacy of courage

ORBITUARY: Elliot Pfebve---the solemn departure of a father of Zimbabwe’s democratic struggle

Every struggle has its children who join it as it unfolds. But first, the struggle has to have the fathers to found it so that the children can join. And Elliot Pfebve, the veteran change champion who passed on over the weekend, was one of the fathers of Zimbabwe’s democratic struggle. The post ORBITUARY: Elliot Pfebve—the solemn departure of a father of Zimbabwe’s democratic struggle appeared first on Nehanda Radio.

Elliot Pfebve: loss, exile and a legacy of courage

I WAS really sad to hear of the passing on of Elliot Pfebve, who has been fighting bowel and liver cancer since 2023. He had also set up a cancer awareness foundation following his diagnosis, to support black and ethnic minority communities in the West Midlands with information about the disease. Elliot and I worked together at Coventry University in England for about four years, where he was a lecturer. I was in the Press Office. At one point w…