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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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Remba concepts that Zimbos need to know: Part Two…exploring the concept behind nyamafu

THE second aspect of Remba culture that we shall cover in this series is...

Remba concepts that Zimbos need to know: Part One…a closer look at vaShenji

IN Zimbabwe, there is a peculiar group of Afro-Asiatic people called vaRemba.  They also go...

The hiding of black greatness: Part Three…prejudicial schemes and theories

IN this article, we shall uncover some of the schemes whites have used in...

The hiding of blackgreatness: Part Two…the whitewashing of black achievements

THE fight by Europeans to take over Jerusalem and the known world was waged...

The hiding of black greatness …historical background of racial animosity

FOR the past few centuries, blackness has been viewed as a curse, both by...

The dummy called Christmas

First published in The Patriot of December 20 2018 THE Roman (Gregorian) solar calendar is...

African values undermined

By Simba Jama AFRICANS have their own constitution, worldview and beliefs.  Yet their constitution, worldview and...

The lynching of blacks in the US: Part Two … when being black was a crime

FRANK EMBREE, in Missouri, US, in 1899, was stripped naked and whipped over 100...

Lynching of blacks in US: Part One…fate sealed by kangaroo court

LYNCHING was not commonly practiced in the US until the 19th Century after the...

Ethiopic characters for Shona writing

SHONA is a very rich southern Bantu language which comprises dialects such as Karanga,...

Stop mocking the Chinese over virus outbreak

THE Coronavirus, recently been renamed COVID 19, has caused well over 1 000 deaths...

Miscegenation’s lasting effects: Part Two… coloureds’ identity crisis

THERE are many problems in Southern Africa pertaining to race, particularly between blacks and...

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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...