Zimbabwe: Chekhov's middle age monks

From a writer, critic, traveller, doctorI am reading selected letters of Anton Chekhov, the Russian writer, critic, traveller and medical doctor.The letters span a big chunk of his lif...

Mnangagwa and the cult of mediocrity in Zimbabwe politics

ZIMBABWE has finally arrived at its Idi Amin moment in history.This is a moment where the vulgar, obscene and grotesque performances of leaders get tragically normalised. It is a true "gods mu...

Building on change in Zimbabwe

SINCE Last November, the world has watched as citizens of my country chart a new course for themselves and a new Zimbabwe. Change is all around us. Barriers to free expression are being brought down. ...

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...

Bosso, Majaivana and other taboos

A number of political philosophers and sociologists of the Global South have noted how sport and religion were used by colonialists to divert the minds and energies of natives from politics.Of...

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...

Cartoon an 'insult to women, Ndebele people'

A CARTOON depicting two scantily dressed young women engaged in a conversation suggesting that for young girls in Matabeleland and Midlands, prostituting one's body is an alternative to education ...

Harare musical Treasure dares to satirise Mugabe

A figure supposedly representing Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe was recently forced from his throne in front of about 7,000 cheering Harare theatre-goers watching an outdoor musical.Singe...