Dr Tony Monda

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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Understanding African philosophy: Part Two

WHILE transcribed in the various dialects and languages, African philosophy may be understood differently...

Understanding African philosophy: Part One……the bedrock of our language

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Rivers as part of Zimbabwe’s heritage

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Umvukela forgotten sites of resistance

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Public monuments: A case for Zimbabwe

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Dynamics of culture in Zimbabwe

IN times of self-reflection, I often wonder how we would address ourselves and interact...

Zim visual artists storm SA

THE growing body of contemporary Zimbabwean artists is now making a great impact on...

Re-visiting hunhu and radio in Zimbabwe

RADIO has replaced the talking drum, the village herald, town-crier and the mushambadzi. The...

Art education and ubuntu/hunhu in Zimbabwe……the need for an African-centred trajectory

THE visual arts and our heritage are the first port of call of a...

Archaeology and oral traditions…..a case for Zimbabwe

ARCHAEOLOGY, in simplistic terms, can be defined as the study of man’s past by...

The lords of poverty and cultural colonisation

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Is colonialism still alive in African museums?

MANY post-colonial African museums share a common history as derivative by-products of colonialism. ...

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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...