Category: Theory
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Chomsky from the Global African South
Click or not: Chomsky from the Global African SouthIt was recently falsely reported that one of America’s leftist intellectual and media giants, Noam Chomsky has passed on. It has turned out that his wife quickly dispelled social media rumours that had spread like wildfire. What had been reported in progressive mainstream and social media is that Chomsky has been unwell for a while.… …
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Zimbabwe, Africa , TikTok and Behavioral Digital Capitalism
Click or not: Zimbabwe, Africa , TikTok and Behavioral Digital CapitalismBy Takura Zhangazha* So the American Congress wants to ban a social media application known as TikTok. It is owned by a Chinese based company but as with global financialised neoliberalism also has owners on American financial shores. It would appear the major problem with this social media platform is the fact of its ownership… …
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Discussing Ideology and Mimicry in Zimbabwe (Again)
Click or not: Discussing Ideology and Mimicry in Zimbabwe (Again)By Takura Zhangazha* Zimbabwean political conversations over the last twenty years have generally become predictable (black or white, either-or) They are conversations that we have chosen and in a greater majority of cases, given. They are also somewhat highly emotive about what should either be a political or economic way forward. In the emotional output… …