Rhodesia’s story isn’t what you’ve been told — and today, it’s barely mentioned at all. For 15 years, the world poured its energy into erasing Rhodesia from the map. But once it was gone, silence. Zimbabwe, like so many “decolonised” African nations, soon collapsed into chaos. Under Robert Mugabe, the country was brought to ruin. Maybe it’s time to take another look… and ask whether the Rhodesians were really the villains history says they were.
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Peter Sobat
Peter Sobat is a Los Angeles based creative entrepreneur who built his career in television, music videos, and documentaries. He helped develop the hit series Bridezillas, has directing and producing credits on MythBusters, Pimp My Ride, and Trading Spaces, and, as executive producer of Cypress Hill’s BReal TV, created The SmokeBox, which has generated billions of views. His award-winning music videos and documentaries have been shot on six continents for networks including CBS, MTV, ABC, ESPN, FOX, and Discovery, and for artists such as Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Cypress Hill, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, YG, Nipsey Hussle, and Wu-Tang Clan.
He founded BlurredCulture.com, a culture site that has reached millions of views, and The Bakerie, a cannabis brand that grew to operations in multiple states. Today he runs the Department of Peculiar Ideas (TheDopi.com), a boutique agency creating branding and campaigns for adidas, Nike, Ford, Ram, Japan Airlines, LAFC, Cookies, and High Times.