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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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Religion and colonisation: Part Six…closer look at role of missionaries

WHAT was the relationship between missionaries, traders and administrators in the colonial era?  Colonialism has...

Religion and colonisation: Part Five….the spread of Jain and Gujarati worldwide

IN ancient times, travelers from India introduced Hinduism into Java.  When the early Javanese princes...

Religion and colonisation: Part Four… the spread of Islam in West Africa

ONE is often inclined to think of missionaries as Christian missionaries, however, Mission Dawah...

Religion and colonisation: Part Three…Korean and African missionaries invade the world.

FROM the time of Saint Paul, the New Testament-era missionary outreach of the Christian...

Religion and colonisation: Part Two…the rise of missionary work

THE Acts of the Apostles (Actūs Apostolōrum), often simply referred to as Acts, is...

Religion and colonisation…shift in Christian Church history

FROM the time of Saint Paul, the New Testament-era missionary outreach of the Christian...

Religion and colonisation: Part 14 …the rise of Christianity

THE Christian religion is said to be based on the teachings of Jesus Christ,...

Religion and colonisation: Part 13 …when Popes sanitised slavery

PAPAL BULL DUM DIVERSAS, issued by Pope Nicholas V in 1452, granted to King...

Religion and colonisation: Part 12 …Portugal’s prosperity during the 16th Century

WASHED by the warm Agulhas current that comes all the way across from Western...

Religion and colonisation: Part 11…the Portuguese lacked the resources to develop the areas they occupied

INITIALLY, the Portuguese were only interested in Mozambique as a stepping-stone to India and...

Religion and colonisation: Part 10…as Portuguese evangelists milk Africa dry

AFRICA is the fountainhead of human genetic diversity.  East Africa in particular, is believed to...

Religion and colonisation: Part 10

AFRICA is the fountainhead of human genetic diversity.  East Africa in particular, is believed to...

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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...