Author: Takura Zhangazha
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A Changing African Global Political Placement
Click or not: A Changing African Global Political PlacementI am from the Global South. For many that do not quite understand this latter term, it is one that replaced what used to be referred to as the “Third World”. This was based on colonialism and assumptions of the superiority of the Western World as well as attendant simplistic perceptions of what was in the… …
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Culture and Praxis in Zimbabwe.
Click or not: Culture and Praxis in Zimbabwe.A friend recently asked me about what I meant many years ago about “generational praxis”. I will come back to this concept/issue later. But if you want to crosscheck Antonio Gramsci on Google, please go ahead. He asked me this in an awkward context wherein we had listened to the new music that is now… …
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Zimbabwe’s New Land Policy As Replacement Capitalism
Click or not: Zimbabwe’s New Land Policy As Replacement CapitalismBy Takura Zhangazha* Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa recently announced a change to land policy within the context of under what we now historically refer to as the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP). This was done at a routine weekly cabinet briefing by his minister of information. This new land policy essentially changes the tenure system… …
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A Journey Through Zimbabwe’s Political Consciousness
Click or not: A Journey Through Zimbabwe’s Political ConsciousnessBy Takura Zhangazha* Most of us as Zimbabweans do not examine the trajectory of our contemporary but also individual national consciousness. For example we do not really ask, what shapes our individual political opinions? Is it the school we went to? The churches we attended or the political processes that we witnessed or experienced? Let… …