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Leonard Dembo: The untold story 

By Fidelis Manyange  LAST week, Wednesday, April 9, marked exactly 28 years since the death of sungura legend Leonard Dembo.  He died in 1996.  Dembo’s real name was Leonard Tazvivinga as opposed to Kwangwari Gwaindepi as is widely reported.  In fact, Kwangwari Gwaindepi was his grandfather and that...

Unpacking the political economy of poverty 

IN 1990, soon after his release from prison, Nelson Mandela, while visiting in the US, was asked by one African- American woman from Harlem what plans he had for a free South Africa since all newly independent African countries never seemed to have the...

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European misbehaviour in Rwanda: Part Three …how France abetted genocide

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European misbehaviour in Rwanda: Part Two……when ‘good men’ do nothing…

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Amilcar Cabral: Part Two..…his guerilla tactics helped free Zimbabwe

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Amilcar Cabral: Part One……when guerilla warfare was waged in Guinea, Cape Verde

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Targeted Remba conversion: Part Three……white Jews acting like British colonisers to convert Remba

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Targeted Remba conversion: Part One……Remba fall victim to Jewish conversion tactics

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Leonard Dembo: The untold story 

By Fidelis Manyange  LAST week, Wednesday, April 9, marked exactly 28 years since the death...

Unpacking the political economy of poverty 

IN 1990, soon after his release from prison, Nelson Mandela, while visiting in the...

Second Republic walks the talk on sport

By Lovemore Boora  THE Second Republic has thrown its weight behind the Sport and Recreation...

What is ‘truth’?: Part Three . . . can there still be salvation for Africans 

By Nthungo YaAfrika  TRUTH takes no prisoners.  Truth is bitter and undemocratic.  Truth has no feelings, is...