The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives
By Lola Shoneyin
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing (2018)
ISBN: 9781786825520
POLYGAMY remains a common, social and culturally accepted practice in most African countries.
It is a type of marriage that reflects some of the cultural aspects that define Africa.
In some societies,...
THERE is something interesting I have observed over time.
Our liberation wars narratives are finding space in the media.
This is good especially for those of us who have been afraid that the liberation struggle narrative would be forgotten.
Some might express reservation with the kind of...
THE resurgence of the COVID-19 virus in the form of the raging third wave has served to remind the world, Zimbabwe included, that the deadly pandemic is still very much with us.
This is the second time the pandemic has come back with vengeance after...
AT one time Zimbabwe went a week without recording any deaths from COVID-19 and new infections and deaths were declining.
But that has since changed.
In recent weeks, Africa has seen a sudden surge in cases and deaths, with several countries in the southern African region...
THE passing on last week of three liberation war heroes and a university professor, has served to remind us of the calibre expected of people with the welfare of their mother country at heart.
Though Lieutenant-General Edzai Chimonyo, Cde Michael Chakabva, Cde Abraham Nkiwane and...
IN my time I will see wide, smooth and beautiful roads that will make travelling a pleasure and not a hazardous act.
Electrical lights will light at any time I flick the switch.
Water will run from the taps of every household.
This I do not doubt,...
ZIMBABWE Football Association (ZIFA) should shoulder the blame for the embarrassing reception accorded the Warriors coach at the Oliver Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, on Monday and the subsequent consequences.
Zdravko Logarusic was barred from entering South Africa for the COSAFA Cup because he didn’t have...
WE always write and talk about how, as a people, we must strive to preserve our hunhu/ubuntu.
Indeed, one way of doing so is by ensuring that we don’t lose our identity as a people because, sadly, we are slowly losing it.
Let us always remember...
AS more areas turned into COVID-19 hotspots and the number of the pandemic casualties kept on soaring, it became evident that a comprehensive countrywide lockdown, as declared by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday, June 29, would become inevitable.
This followed intensified lockdown measures which barred...
By Dr Tafataona Mahoso
THE colonial scene during my early childhood was characterised by the absence of role models of African national political leadership and the proliferation of African stooges and collaborators with settlerism and imperialism.
Moise Tshombe, of what is now the DRC, was viewed...
WE recently laid to rest our famous cleric and national hero, Father Emmanuel Francis Ribeiro, at the National Heroes’ Acre in Harare.
May his soul rest in peace!
There is, however, something unforgettable about Fr Ribeiro.
He prioritised use of local languages and tried his best to...
THE passing on, last week, of former Zambian President Kenneth David Kaunda and Roman Catholic cleric Father Emmanuel Francis Ribeiro, served as a reminder of the sacrifices made during the liberation war and dedication to that cause, thereafter.
Both died on Thursday June 17 2021.
The...