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A Needed Criticality On Narratives on Land and its Political Economy in Zimbabwe.
Click or not: A Needed Criticality On Narratives on Land and its Political Economy in Zimbabwe.By Takura Zhangazha* There is what should be a relatively urgent and revived “national interest” debate about land tenure/ ownership in rural, peri-urban and also former agricultural farms in Zimbabwe. This is based on the recent central government’s official policy announcing and effecting the eviction of what it considers illegal settlers on land that was… …
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Revisiting “ Educate An African Woman, You Liberate A Nation”
Click or not: Revisiting “ Educate An African Woman, You Liberate A Nation”By Takura Zhangazha* One of the most complex and limitedly explored subjects in Zimbabwe is Feminism. If you want a definition from me of the same, I will easily reply that I have only read texts on it as my claim to understanding it. But my view of it is that I have no wherewithal… …
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Experiencing Zimbabwean Politics Versus Being Conscious of It.
Click or not: Experiencing Zimbabwean Politics Versus Being Conscious of It.By Takura Zhangazha* Many of us in Zimbabwe are talking about the state of our national politics and economy. Albeit in short word stanzas, two minute promotional or real time videos or what I understand to be voice notes on social media. In real time conversation you then ask yourself, “So what motivates these sometimes… …
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Returning to the Source^: The Equality Promise of Zimbabwe’s Liberation Struggle.
Click or not: Returning to the Source^: The Equality Promise of Zimbabwe’s Liberation Struggle.By Takura Zhangazha* Its always awkward how many of us often discuss Zimbabwe’s political economy and never have any ideological outlook on it. Its either we have a narrative of arrival, another of pitying those worse off than us or in even more instances, a religion based explanation as to why ‘economic’ things are the… …