Category: History
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Zimbabwe’s War Veterans and Revolutionary Stasis
Click or not: Zimbabwe’s War Veterans and Revolutionary StasisIn the tragic crossfire that was Zimbabwes liberation struggle, I have only known at a personal level eleven (11) liberation war veterans. I can only name five (5) who are regrettably late but who also actively always encouraged me to tell stories of their own versions and roles, as they wrote or spoke of it,… …
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Age, Conversation and Changing Consciousness in Zimbabwe
Click or not: Age, Conversation and Changing Consciousness in ZimbabweI have a couple of friends that like to remember what they refer to as the good old Zimbabwe days. Be it when they were in primary or secondary school. Or undertaking one or the other state-sponsored tertiary education. They talk of getting milk at school, eating well, getting student payouts/loans and how everyone was… …
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A Not So New Meaning to Being White and (South) African in Africa and the World
Click or not: A Not So New Meaning to Being White and (South) African in Africa and the WorldUSA president Donald Trump recently issued an executive order about South African domestic politics. In it he was basically protecting white South Africans and in particular those of Afrikaner (Dutch) origin. This was after one of his infamous and closest political advisors, Elon Musk had warned via his social media platform X, that there would be… …
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Africa and the Potential of a World War 3
Click or not: Africa and the Potential of a World War 3A young Zimbabwean cde asked me about the meaning of ‘global war’. His question was coming from a context of the general narrative of a globalilsed world war between Russia, Ukraine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). And of course the celebrity narrative or even movie like narrative that comes with pitting Biden, Putin and now… …