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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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Miscegenation’s lasting effects: Part One…proponents of race keeping

RACE mixing through copulation is known as miscegenation.  Miscegenation has been a subject of debate...

The Bantu of Africa were the Buddhas of Asia

THE first inhabitants of south-east Asia were black pygmy people.  Climatic adaptation led those who...

Clothing in pre-colonial Africa…insight into nudity claims

WHAT did Africans use as clothing before the coming of whites?  Most white scholars claim...

Unique black physiological traits…effects of psychoactive drugs

PEOPLE are genetically similar to each other regardless of racial differences.  We are one specie...

Stone evidence of black greatness

BLACKS have been largely robbed of their history and heritage as a measure to...

Why celebrate Xmas?

MANY African nations, Zimbabwe included, consider themselves Christian nations. This is only correct if perceived...

Black people an indispensable resource

ZIMBABWE is a land blessed with plenty of rivers, fertile soils, fresh air, warm...

History of written languages

WRITING is a way of recording words and expressing oneself.  The written word can be...

Zimbabwe’s place in the scriptures: Part Two

THE Remba of Zimbabwe are descendants of Judaic Sabaeans who settled permanently in the...

Zimbabwe’s place in the scriptures: Part One

ZIMBABWE has a very important place in scripture and in history.  All people who are...

‘Time to nationalise youth service’

A CHILD is a developing human being.   Consciousness of self and his/her sex appear...

How Africans developed the West

BLACK people faced centuries of enslavement in Europe and the Americas.  This led to the...

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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...