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  • Celebrating #Juneteenth Commemorations from Africa With Global Meaning

    By Takura Zhangazha* Experiencing African-American culture and history from the viewpoint of being geographically located on the mother continent of Africa has largely been almost to desire it.  Not just from the vantage point of how the same has strongly influenced contemporary young Africans’ cultural, political and economic perceptions of who they are or who…

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  • Predicting Zimbabwe’s Future(s)

    By Takura Zhangazha* In Zimbabwe we rarely talk about the future.  Our focus is at best on the present.  Or even more callously the immediate.  Almost as though our lives are defined by shrugging our shoulders each day as it passes and helplessly waiting for the next one.  There are many reasons for this.  Not…

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  • Zanu PF’s Newfound Comfort Zone: Hegemony Beyond Elections?

    By Takura Zhangazha* Zimbabwe’s current ruling party Zanu Pf is noticeably beginning to exude a specific confidence about how it is running the country.  Not necessarily through its own members but those that are at its political and strategic helm.  I would also hazard to call it a newfound comfort zone that is largely about…

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  • In Solidarity with the People of Palestine. From Zimbabwe.

    By Takura Zhangazha* In many activist circles we are very familiar with the importance of acquiring regional and international solidarity for our struggle causes.  It is a solidarity that we generally anticipate will take many forms but above all else  recognizes the significance and importance of the struggles that we are waging by people who…

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