"I think he was talking in terms of the old world of colonialism and imperialism, and the role of the US dollar in terms of subjugating developing countries is coming to an end," Monyae said. "That the coming together of the global majority in the global south is opening up an opportunity of equality and more polarity at a global level."
"I think that the presence of the Bolivian president and the president of Zimbabwe gave it a much more sense in which Russia is working with the developing countries, especially those who are at the receiving end of what we all see as imperialism," he added. "Zimbabwe in particular has been under economic sanctions from the Western world but has been able to survive. And those are some of the issues that are present in the textbook."