Sanctions! What Sanctions?
This past weekend the SADC countries met in Malawi and one of the issues on the agenda was that of sanctions against Zimbabwe. Malawi’s President Joyce Banda urged the lifting of economic...
View ArticleBrothers in Arms; Steve Biko & Martin Luther King Jr.
August 28, 2013 marks 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. News about this very important anniversary has been all over the media in the US making it difficult to miss. The 1963 march was an...
View ArticleMigration, language and loss of culture
Recently a fellow Zimbabwean passed away in my area leaving behind a husband and young children. Upon first learning of the death, I asked the standard question commonly asked when one learns of a...
View ArticleSocial welfare rights are our rights
When one hears the words human rights, political and civil rights immediately come to mind, however there other less emphasized but equally important social welfare rights. Social welfare rights are...
View ArticleSaber rattling in Mozambique
In response to sporadic attacks on public transportation system in Mozambique by unknown assailants in the past year, the FRELIMO led government of Mozambique raided a base housing the headquarters...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Salarygate, fear and bad politics
This past Friday JP Morgan, America’s largest bank announced that its CEO, Jamie Dimon would receive $18.5M worth of stock as bonus for the next 3 years on top of his $1.5M annual salary. This 74%...
View ArticleA book review: Dinner with Mugabe
On the occasion of turning 90 years old on February 21 2014, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe entered the rarified circle of ruling nonagenarians. Mugabe is the second oldest sitting African...
View Article“Invictus”: A parody dedicated to the people of Zimbabwe
Invictus is a poem by William Ernest Henley. The poet, whose life was plagued by illness, wrote this poem while in hospital awaiting an amputation of his leg. The poem is about courage in the face of...
View ArticleAfrican diaspora & community organizing
On June 8th, all roads in the Washington DC Metro region led to Silver Spring Maryland where about 1100 diaspora Africans held a first, historic accountability assembly with candidates running for...
View ArticleWhat’s next for Zimbabwe after the “coup”
By now almost anyone with an interest in African politics is aware of the “coup that is not a coup” that occurred in Zimbabwe nearly two weeks ago. On November 14th, 2017 members of the Zimbabwe...
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