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Ngugi wa Thiong'o dies at 87
Celebrated Kenyan author, scholar, and activist Ngugi wa Thiong'o, best known for his landmark novel A Grain of Wheat, has passed away at the age of 87.A monumental figure in African literatur...Published: 29 May 2025 at 17:40hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Thomas Mapfumo retires in exile
OF all my records by Zimbabwean musicians, the one I treasure the most is Thomas Mapfumo's crackly 7-inch single with "Kuyaura" on side A and "Zvanyadza" on the flip side.Released in 1979, tow...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:50hrs | 18 | by Percy Zvomuya
Zimbabwean politics in generational transition
It seems there is a growth in the number of younger candidates being nominated to represent the parties in the upcoming polls.ONE of the most stubborn facts is that the old die, and the new are bo...Published: 07 May 2023 at 19:24hrs | 1 | by Ntando Dumani
Zimbabwe politics: Lineaments of stock characters
What are stock characters?LET me be basic so I am accessible to many of my readers, whatever level of education, and from whichever discipline they hail.In literature we have what are ...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 19:00hrs | 14 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Anything called the Zimbabwean GEIST?
Zimbabwe's GEIST?NATIONS have what Antonio Gramsci terms "particularity of their mind", GEIST in German language, or ESPRIT in French.Here in Africa, thinkers called the same variously...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:32hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
The mountain is high
Back in 1926, America witnessed the clash of two African-African American giants — then they were called Negroes — over the notion of Negro Art.Was Negro Art a separate creative tradition ...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Does Zimbabwe need the Commonwealth?
ZIMBABWE joined the Commonwealth in 1980 after gaining independence from Britain - in what appeared to be a major victory for the Commonwealth. Twenty-three years down the road, Zimbabwe quit the Comm...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 2 | by Vusi Nyamazana
Mr Bean' causes huge 'rivalry' between Zimbabwe and Pakistan
A Twitter spat between Pakistan's cricket team and a Zimbabwean user on the platform is snowballing into a "rivalry" between the two nations.Most astonishing of all is that the cause of the di...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
NoViolet Bulawayo makes prestigious Booker Prize shortlist
ZIMBABWEAN writer NoViolet Bulawayo is among the 13 authors shortlisted for the prestigious 2022 Booker Prize for fiction.Bulawayo, was nominated for her second novel ‘Glory' which has been ...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
National languages critical in decolonising the mind
President Mnangagwa yesterday officially opened the National Languages Conference in Victoria Falls.Running under the theme: "Redefining the role of Zimbabwean languages for national developme...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA Constitution is not sacred, judges not demigods
SOUTH Africa's Tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu penned an opinion piece on January 7 2022 titled: Hi Mzansi, have we seen justice?It was quite a refreshing critique of the challenges confrontin...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:18hrs | 1 | by Arthur GO Mutambara
Chifunyise's death shocks arts industry
LEGENDARY playwright and multi-talented artist Stephen Joel Chifunyise, who died at 70 on Monday after a long battle with cancer, was an influential creative who wore many hats and contributed to the ...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
State Capture: The imperfect metaphor
Language and its expressions and metaphors does not only deliver messages and meaning but it can also do a lot to hide the truth. In that way language can be used, sometimes innocently and at ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:20hrs | | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
Why should we remember Joshua Nkomo
IN this two-part series, the Zimbabwe Independent reproduces the 2019 Annual Joshua Nkomo Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor Sabelo J Ndlovu-Gatsheni, organised by Joshua Nkomo Legacy Foundation ...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:52hrs | 2 | by Sabelo J Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Unmasking the myths of decolonization in Zimbabwe through the lens of Cain Mathema
Cain Mathema's 2018 publication, "I Join The ZAPU Armed Struggle" captures stories of experiences and reflections of the young Thula at Cyrene Mission, an Anglican Church boarding school for boys. ZAP...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 21:36hrs | 4 | by Brian Maregedze
Farewell Dr. Charles Muzuva Mungoshi
As I did farewell our champion, hero, mind liberator and academic warrior, I must admit that we have been left with a seat too high to occupy and a bar not that easy to reach. We shall write but the s...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 11:00hrs | 11 | by Tapiwa Kapurura
'In politics, treachery is inevitable'
The book 'Junctions' in one way is a celebration of the coup that toppled long-ruling Robert Mugabe, ushering in President Emmerson Mnangagwa - for a long time the former president's right hand man. ...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:08hrs | 1 | by Staf reporter
A decolonial response to 'The case of Colonialism’
It is over a year now since Bruce Gilley, the political imperial historian wrote his controversial article as an apologist to colonialism in Africa. More contentious from the article, was the call to ...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 16:20hrs | 50 | by Brian Maregedze and Tedious Ncube
A decolonial response to 'The case of Colonialism'
It is over a year now since Bruce Gilley, the political imperial historian wrote his controversial article as an apologist to colonialism in Africa. More contentious from the article, was the call to ...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 13:06hrs | 1 | by Brian Maregedze and Tedious Ncube
An inherited crisis of imagination: A Long Essay concerning the understanding of Zimbabwe - Pt1
If it is a despot you would dethrone, see first his throne erected within you is destroyed lest what you call freedom is the strongest of chains. The Gibranian perception sums the November 201...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 19:02hrs | 3 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
Beware of the 'Devil on the cross'
There is a group of self-appointed trustees of morality and political truth. This crop of thinkers calls itself the democrats and economic recovery enthusiasts.It is known for its dismissive t...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Micheal Mhlanga
Petals of bloody betrayal: Deal with Mugabe
In Petals of Blood, the 1977 novel published by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, three central themes - corruption, capitalism and land, weave a web of unbearably harsh betrayal and stifling neediness upon a small ...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 07:48hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Adopting movements, chastening the norm
Many things should be considered when we adopt certain movements based on individual experiences and social advocate rights. While being bold and brave is a valuable ethic to embrace, much attention s...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 18:31hrs | 2 | by Zenani Masuku
Patrick Lumumba: How to become a Colonial Constable
Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba does not only speak on African solutions for African problems, he raises hell and does not let any sleeping dogs lie. The Kenyan Pan-Africanist lawyer and judge does not ta...Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 09:54hrs | 4 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
Pseudo-Reformists: When Beasts of England Roar
A cryptic but interesting response to my piece last week came from one "yowe" who advised me to read George Orwell's classic, Animal Farm. I can only surmise that "yowe" is unaware that literature, En...Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
ZimAchievers Awards a success
"We need to come up together and invest in our arts sector hence those involved should be serious and professional rather doing their events haphazardly," was a statement shared and echoed by some...Published: 14 Dec 2016 at 05:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Do we need white supervision and tutelage?
Economic power in South Africa still resides in the hands of those who benefited from apartheid, in white hands, Eskom CEO Brian Molefe explains in a speech he made at a TNA Business briefing on Wedne...Published: 30 Nov 2016 at 12:51hrs | 3 | by Brian Molefe
Liberating the University in Africa
Presently there are emphatic currents of argument all calling for either the transformation, Africanisation or the decolonisation of the university in Africa. Long years of university education in Afr...Published: 08 May 2016 at 10:44hrs | 2 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards South Africa 2015 gala dinner
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards, headline sponsored by MoneyGram were truly a celebration of extraordinary Zimbabweans' positive impact on the South African economy, entertainment industry, business, media ...Published: 27 Nov 2015 at 15:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe cabinet reshuffles humiliate Matebeleland
This week I am meant to write about our manufacturing industry, but how do I do that without some reference to the bizarre event of the week when our Head of State, Head of Government and Commander in...Published: 20 Sep 2015 at 12:48hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (SA) mominees announced
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards committee announced an exciting list of nominees for the upcoming prestigious ZAA gala dinner to be held on November 7 at The Hyatt in Rosebank.The nominees' anno...Published: 06 Sep 2015 at 09:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zim Models Awards nominees list out
The list for the inaugural Zimbabwe Model Awards 2015 nominees is out with more than 15 categories announced.The awards, which are being held on August 21 at the Rainbow Towers, will see gurus...Published: 07 Jul 2015 at 09:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The trouble of Educating Robert Mugabe's Assassin
In recent days certain bold but infantile statements have been made that have caused some of us to reflect seriously on the problem of political silliness and historical idiocy in Zimbabwe. On the s...Published: 05 Jan 2015 at 21:49hrs | 4 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Most Influential Africans 2014 according to New African - list
New African, an international magazine focused on bringing news and stories from the African continent and the African diaspora to the world, has announced its list of the Most Influential Africans o...Published: 02 Dec 2014 at 10:31hrs | | by New Africa
South2North's Redi Tlhabi talks to Ian Rankin and Kenyan crime novelist Mukoma Wa Ngugi
Today on Al Jazeera's talk show South2North, Redi Tlhabi chats to three crime novelists: Professor Mukoma Wa Ngugi, the Kenyan-raised, American-based author of Black Star Nairobi; Professor Shamini F...Published: 04 Oct 2013 at 04:42hrs | | by Kevin Kriedemann & Joy Sapieka
Decolonizing Ngungi's mentality
Prophet of DoomLike Sir Mick "Phillip" Jagger of the of the Rolling Stones, Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o of the African Writers Series fame packs halls with nostalgic baby boomers and curious mille...Published: 23 Sep 2013 at 15:08hrs | 2 | by Field Ruwe
Let us promote our mother languages
Shona and Ndebele are the two languages spoken by the black majority in Zimbabwe - from the Limpopo to the Zambezi, with a few pockets here and there of minority languages.These two langua...Published: 02 Apr 2013 at 12:06hrs | | by John Gambanga
Dollariastion was a Zanu- PF idea, Biti wants to give it an MDC-T patent
Restoring the Zimdollar at this stage is like swerving a combat body forward, baring the chest, stomach, groin and all.I am ...Published: 28 Jan 2012 at 03:59hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
US scholarship bait for Zim ideological shift
US scholarship bait for ideological shift and recolonisation of ZimOne renowned academic during a public seminar on the impact of foreign aid in the developing world once opined that:...Published: 19 Sep 2011 at 12:47hrs | | by Dingizulu Mahlathini Moyo
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