Author: Takura Zhangazha

By Takura Zhangazha* On occasion you get asked the awkward question, “What do you believe in?”  In most cases this is a question that relates to religion and religious affiliation.   With an assumption that religion is largely Christian in Zimbabwe the question also has connotations about which version of the same religion do you follow. … …

By Takura Zhangazha*   So I have had friends or at least academic classmates from at least four continents. And in no particular order, Africa, Europe, America and Asia. In the majority of cases all of my friends were halfway between being leftists and also being liberally progressive. They would hear me out on my Pan… …

We Are Not Abstract Thinkers: Critical African Consciousness Still Exists. By Takura Zhangazha*   There are certain things that will always remain politically abstract.  Except for your own political choices and what they may mean to you personally.  Many of us are almost politically predetermined.  By way of individual experience.  Either we were involved in… …

By Takura Zhangazha* So I recently went on a road trip to Bulawayo. I had not been to the second city in years.  And road trips that long, are amazing insights into how much the country is changing.   They are almost reminiscent of both youth and the transcendence of time over individual “main actorism”.  Or… …