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Calling for a solution driven narrative
Read more: Calling for a solution driven narrativeRegaining political control was central to decolonisation yet decades into independence testimony from postcolonial Africa is that the black regimes have been nothing short of disastrous experiments of leadership, and lives of ordinary black citizens have not improved. Colonialism was inhuman, but we have deeper political problems in the independent Zimbabwe today, arguably, than we…
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Dangers of a cult of personality to politics
Read more: Dangers of a cult of personality to politicsWeak governance is emblematic of a larger problem in the postcolonial Africa socio-political architecture; there is a destabilising political meddling of former colonial masters on one end and the exclusionary politics that sidelines the public from active engagement in politics to maintain presence in addressing internally enabled structural weaknesses on the other. Arguably, the major…
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Why Zimbabwe’s independence has become a horror movie
Read more: Why Zimbabwe’s independence has become a horror movieOnce upon a time Zimbabwe was viewed with considerable optimism but that optimism soon vanished and was rapidly replaced with doom and gloom, today when the world pays attention to the country, it is generally because of all sorts of unpleasantries happening there. The independence dream, prosperity and presumed freedom from Western interference has turned…
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Africa Ignoring Russian invasion of Ukraine
Read more: Africa Ignoring Russian invasion of UkraineRussian invasion of Ukraine has triggered the biggest hostilities between Moscow and the West. Moscow’s history of aggression makes it a dangerous and unpredictable neighbour for its neighbours in the Baltic states in north-eastern Europe. The invasion of Ukraine is unjustifiable and evil, and it must be challenged. We must refrain from adopting an apologist…
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Complaints about colonialism will not Solve Africa’s problems
Read more: Complaints about colonialism will not Solve Africa’s problemsColonialism caused immeasurable damage to African society; it clouded our view of the past, and it has continued to cause devastating effect on the political and socioeconomic status of the continent; while the colonially related devastation is undeniable, complaining about colonialism and not our socioeconomic and political judgement since attaining independence decades ago has yet…
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Good research and a balanced narrative must guide Africa
Read more: Good research and a balanced narrative must guide AfricaStanding up to the immorality of political practices within independent African states is the ultimate expression of patriotism. When our forebear fought the inhumane colonial system and institutions they wanted in their place humane systems and institutions that reflected every individual and every community; they desired systems that were based on the equality of all…
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Colonial past impacts Africa’s present but African leadership will have to bear some responsibility
Read more: Colonial past impacts Africa’s present but African leadership will have to bear some responsibilityThere has never been doubt of the damaging impact colonialism has had on Africa; it created a totalitarian world that embraced the doctrine that a black African was an inferior race, and treated him as such. Colonialism lay foundations for new ‘civilisation’ – total dominion of a people and place by another being the objective;…
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Matabeleland future lies in political control
Read more: Matabeleland future lies in political controlThe politics of Zimbabwe remains firmly in the hands of elderly men and women socialised by colonialism. They may have gone to war against the white minority government but they did not erase the ideas embodied by that system of government, they adapted them. Their views of the ordinary citizens are a mere adaptation of…
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Facebook, the French flag and equality
Read more: Facebook, the French flag and equalityWhat I have learned since last Friday’s (13/11/15) atrocities in Paris, France and Facebook’s response – a French flag meme to enable people to express their condolences to the act, is that I have actually been underestimating the depth of influence of the social media to people’s lives.