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Linguistic evidence of the presence of Blacks in East Asia

IN East Asia, there are many words that are of African origin.  These stand as evidence that there were once Africans inhabiting that land. Many Chinese words sound like chiShona without as much stressing of vowels and some seem to be halved versions of Shona words.  For...

Israel ‘hides’ African wildlife’s enemy

By Emmanuel Koro,  in Johannesburg, SA HOW is the new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett going to react when he learns that Africa’s number one wildlife enemy is ‘hidden’ inside Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority (INPA)? What’s more, that enemy holds US citizenship.  He also identifies himself as...

Chamisa’s fishy story

WHY is it that the alleged Nelson Chamisa assassination attempt coincided with the visit of the UN special rapporteur on the Negative Impact of Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Enjoyment of Human Rights, Alena Douhan, from October 18 to 28 2021? Chamisa tweeted on October...

Shared vision key to growth

WHITES, we have argued in the past and will say it again, have been ‘superior’ not because they possess any greater or special mental powers, but for the simple reason that they have mastered the art of presenting themselves as gods and have found...

Nothing new about Chamisa theatrics

Editorial comment NELSON Chamisa’s variant of what is left of the MDC is notorious for attention-seeking theatrics to coincide with regional, continental and international events and visits by delegates from these organisations. The current visit by UN Special Rapporteur on the Negative Impact of Unilateral Coercive...

Patterns of history…saddening case study of self-hate

THIS series invokes black people’s ‘self-evident’ right to a point of view ‘not prescribed’ by USAID to Africa but personal lived experience. It is not a position of wishful thinking but one enshrined in the UN Universal Human Rights Charter of 1948.  The preamble states that...

Fiat Panis: Let there be bread Part – Four… FAO’s more pressing concerns

AS the world’s population, expected to reach nine billion by the mid-21st Century, continues to rise, FAO estimates that 60 percent more food is required by 2050 to sustain the rapidly-growing world population.  Between 2010-2012, FAO reported almost 870 million people were chronically undernourished –...

Religion and colonisation: Part Eight … bigger picture was to divide and rule

JUST as the settlers, some of whom were social misfits, outcasts of societies, there were many reasons for missionaries to travel to Africa.  The Christian churches’ mooted approach to contacts with ‘less-developed’ peoples in Africa and the Americas carried over from conflicts with Muslims the...

Presence of blacks in ancient Asia

IT would be surprising to realise that black people lived in Far East Asia before the current inhabitants of those lands.  They continued to do so until relatively recent times and they still survive as pure or mixed race descendants in places like Thailand, Vietnam...

Taboos in African societies

Traditional Taboos Defined: Conflict Prevention Myths and Realities By Obediah Dodo Published by IDA Publishes (2015) ISBN: 978-0-79-74-6130-7 AFRICAN societies are governed by different social norms, values and taboos rooted in culture and traditions. For example, in Zimbabwe, traditionalists consider the month of November sacred. In November, ceremonies that include...

Sanctions 20 years on

WHEN the rest of the progressive world joins Zimbabwe in demonstrating against the Western-imposed illegal economic sanctions on Monday, it will be slightly less than two months before the embargo turns two decades of indescribable suffering for the innocent people of this country. Since the...

The US Marshall Plan…Understanding the origins and impact of Zimbabwe sanctions

By Special Matarirano OCTOBER 25 is SADC anti-Sanctions Day and is anti-sanctions month in Zimbabwe.  As Zimbabweans, we should be grateful that after nearly two decades of isolation we enjoy the solidarity of SADC, AU and progressive countries the world over in the anti-sanctions crusade calling...

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