Author: Takura Zhangazha
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Conversations With Zimbabwe’s National Liberation War Veterans. In Passing
Click or not: Conversations With Zimbabwe’s National Liberation War Veterans. In PassingBy Takura Zhangazha* I have had an awkward relationship with War Veterans of Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle. Sometimes in conversations with them, I feel the pain of what they experienced. From Chimoio, Nyadzonia, through to Mavonde. I always ask myself if I would have had the courage to take to arms for my country. I also… …
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Why do #Zimbabweans Pray So Much?
Click or not: Why do #Zimbabweans Pray So Much?By Takura Zhangazha* A friend warned me about writing on religion. His argument was that you cannot win against it. Be it Christian, Muslim or African tradition in preferential populist order. I thought about this for a while. And with my basic secular perception of Zimbabwean and Southern African society I realized that indeed our Gods… …
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Writing on Class and Class Struggle in #Zimbabwe
Click or not: Writing on Class and Class Struggle in #ZimbabweBy Takura Zhangazha* I once took a flight to South Africa from what was then referred to as Harare International Airport around 2013. As always, I was used to flying in and out of that country because there is a morning flight and an evening one that made one able to meet and do the… …
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Kenya, Bolivia and The Global Souths’ “Age, Ideology and Catharsis”
Click or not: Kenya, Bolivia and The Global Souths’ “Age, Ideology and Catharsis”Kenya, Bolivia and The Global Souths’ “Age, Ideology and Catharsis” By Takura Zhangazha* Two recent internationally flagged events could not skip my mind in the last few days. The first, as an African, was the occurrence of this week’s demonstrations that regrettably turned violent in Kenya over a Finance Bill (2024) proposed by that country’s… …