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Zimbabwe @39: A Return to the Source and a Liberatory State.
Click or not: Zimbabwe @39: A Return to the Source and a Liberatory State.By Takura Zhangazha* The number of years since our national independence may increase but its historic meaning is never lost. And that is as it should be. No matter one’s political or religious views, our national independence, coming as it did after years of revolutionary struggle is definitive, liberatory and organic to our national consciousness. … …
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Zimbabwe’s Version of Disaster Capitalism, Couched as Resilience
Click or not: Zimbabwe’s Version of Disaster Capitalism, Couched as ResilienceBy Takura Zhangazha A local Zimbabwean artist, Dereck Mpofu, recently released a song called ‘Mweya wechiZimba’. Even though the title of the song may suggest it to be religious, it is upon listening to it, far from being so. Instead it is a satirical song that applauds with humour how Zimbabweans are now almost able… …
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Robert Mugabe’s True Legacy: A Nasty, Materialist and Populist Individualism.
Click or not: Robert Mugabe’s True Legacy: A Nasty, Materialist and Populist Individualism.By Takura Zhangazha* There have been a number of books written on Robert Mugabe in his many leadership roles. As a leader of a guerrilla movement/army, as a prime minister, as a president and even from a western perspective as a complicated/sophisticated dapper dictator. And make no mistake, many more will be written about him. … …
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Mebo, Winky D and Karl Marx
Click or not: Mebo, Winky D and Karl MarxA church type from the countryside sneaks out of Zupco, his place in life disagreeably summarised by the catapult around his neck and the apostolic badge on his pocket. He looks around as if flustered by city lights and is, in fact, soon blown away by one: an uptown sweetheart called Mebo who chooses him… …