Takura Zhangazha

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  • Misunderstanding Democratic Local Government in Zimbabwe

    By Takura Zhangazha*  It should not have been this urgent for Zimbabweans to re-examine their thinking of what ‘local government’ is. But given the recent spate of recalls of elected Harare and other city/town councilors at the behest of the evident factionalism in the mainstream opposition MDC-T and MDC Alliance parties, it can rationally be… …

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  • What It Now Means to Be Black. Globally.

    By Takura Zhangazha * I first encountered Steve Biko’s collection of Black Consciousness articles via the book titled ‘I Write What I like’ in 1997 at the Dzivaresekwa District Council Library in Harare, Zimbabwe.  I was initially drawn to it on the basis of its somewhat stubborn title.  Being young and looking for some sort… …

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  • Muting Structural Economic Inequality, Blurring Class in Zimbabwe.

    By Takura Zhangazha* Within the context of the Covid 19 pandemic in Zimbabwe there are increasingly many social and economic injustice issues that are being muted.  Most times deliberately and in rarer cases by default.  In the process there is also the rarely mentioned factor of class that emerges as a result of the fact… …

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  • Imagining, Desiring Many Zimbabwes : A Brief Conversation

     By Takura Zhangazha* There are many ways of perceiving, imagining and even desiring Zimbabwe.  Be it from lived experience in-country, assumptions of enlightenment (education) or an outsider/external comparative eye view.  What is evident is that the narratives hitherto and thereto are many. Some more historical or organic, others more populist and others that may be… …

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