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Toussaint L’Ouverture and the Haitian slave revolt

THE American Revolution of 1776 proclaimed that all men have, “inalienable rights”, but the revolutionaries did not extend the same rights to the African slaves.  Instead, slavery intensified in the southern states.   During this period, slavery also increased as the colonial states controlled the three Caribbean...

Islam in ancient Africa: Part Two

THE lands in Southern Africa were known as paradise and Adam and Eve were usually depicted in these areas. The ancient Egyptians called Southern Africa, the land of the gods/ spirits because that is where the first humans lived. Another very important thing is that...

Barriers to African homecoming

By Dr Tafataona Mahoso IN the second week of June 2014, newspapers and law magazines were awash with celebrations of the judgment of the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe saying that defamation should no longer be a criminal offence. This judgment was based on an...

Diasporans must cast away the Afro-Rhodesian demon

By Davet Muzwidzwa IF figures that are suggested by IOM and other NGOs are to go by, there could be in excess of 3,5 million Zimbabweans in the Diaspora. We can do a bit of mathematics on this productive population. If on average each one...

Failed states: The fruits of regime change

ACCORDING to US think tank, Fund for Peace, common indicators of a failed state include a state whose central government is so weak or ineffective that it has little practical control over much of its territory, non provision of public services, widespread corruption and...

The Middle East crisis: Who is to blame?

THE recent events in Iraq have become an eyesore for the Americans and their allies. In a statement that showed frustration, President Obama said: “The United States has poured a lot of money into these Iraqi security forces and devoted a lot to...

He survived poisoning and bullet wounds

By Simbarashe Gwirambira MY father Cde Taylor Gwirambira whose Chimurenga name was ‘Elias Chimurenga’ joined the liberation struggle in 1976 and was briefly trained for three weeks at Chikamba Base Camp in Mozambique. He later left for Doroi Refugee Camp soon after the...

Boost for 2014/2015 cropping season

IT is less than four months before the 2014/2015 cropping season begins and the private sector has once again shown faith in the resettled farmers as witnessed by the launching of a US$2,4 billion Contract Farming Scheme. Lasch Enterprises Private Limited and ZANU PF Youth...

In the Continuum and other plays: Part Three

IF you have been following our literary conversations you will remember what I said about the global explanation of the plight of women prisoners, their children and their beloved in A Tragedy of Lives: that they are all victims of larger malignant forces of...

The mysteries of Great Zimbabwe: Part Two

THE first inhabitants of the Great Zimbabwe, who arrived in about AD 300, left little more than a scattering of clay pot heads behind. According to history and legend the Shona were migrants from the north who had begun to dominate the eastern part of...

Beauty pageant too elitist?

AFTER almost three years of silence from the patrons of Miss Zimbabwe regarding the national beauty pageant with rumours of different kinds flying about, the event returned with class last seen decades ago. The event that had always attracted the crème of the society had...

Zim actor passionate about returning home

By Genevieve Nkiwane WHEN the name Luthuli Dlamini is mentioned, I guess we all think of some of the leading characters that he plays in some of the most popular South Africa soapies that the Zimbabwean has starred in. “Stan Nyathi” in Scandal and then “Scott...

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