Professor Sheunesu Mpepereki

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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Reclaiming our spiritual independence

IN this episode we argue that indigenous churches are inspired by our African ancestral...

Reclaiming our spiritual independence

THIS week we shall attempt to give an overview of the multiple dimensions of...

Reclaiming our spiritual independence

AFRICAN knowledge systems have generally been viewed as being backward and inefficient because of...

Reclaiming our African spirituality

IN the last episode of our discussion on African spirituality, we began to examine...

Reclaiming our spiritual independence

IN the last episode, we began to look at how ngozi spirits are provoked...

Reclaiming our spiritual independence …appeasing the ngozi spirits: Spiritual dimension of natural justice

IN the last episode of our discussion on African spirituality, we demonstrated that ‘defamation’...

Reclaiming our spiritual independence …colonial role exposed

IN the last episode of our discussion on African spirituality, we showed that even...

Reclaiming our spiritual independence …ngozi spirits: Seeking justice and restitution

IN earlier discussions we brought up the issue of ‘mudzimu’ as the spirit of...

Reclaiming our spiritual independence

IN previous episodes of this discussion, we have argued that Africans are well connected...

Reclaiming our spiritual independence: Part 17 …a closer look at hunting spirits

IN the previous episode, we have shown that Africans are by nature very spiritual...

Reclaiming our spiritual independence: Part 16

IN the last episode we looked at the categories of ‘mashavi’ spirits called ‘madona,...

Reclaiming our spiritual independence: Part 15

THIS week we shall continue our discussion on the mashavi spirits that permeate our...

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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...