The hierarchy of cultures
The things that constitute a people’s soul include religion, culture in its broadest sense, and history. Religion and matters of the spiritual world stand as key pillars of a people’s identity.AFP...
View ArticleSudan's path to turmoil
Those who topped Omar Bashir, Sudanese long-time despot, are now destroying Sudan. The ongoing conflict between Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and the current strongman Gen Abdel Fattah...
View ArticleThe tragedy that is Sudan
The video grab taken from AFPTV video footage on April 20, 2023, shows an aerial view of black smoke rising above the Khartoum International Airport in Sudan, amid ongoing battles between the forces of...
View ArticlePresident Samia reactivates the new Katiba process:A living example of a...
THE reactivation of the new constitution writing process, was the ‘great good news’ that hit the print media headlines during the weekend of the first week of this month; when they were reporting the...
View ArticleDoes Africa need fetrid characters in office?
The question above’s crucial. It begs for a right answer. Based on what Al Jazeera recently exposed, those who cared to follow up its expose, now know why Africa has always been poor. Goldmafia expose...
View ArticleRIP QUEEN TINA TURNER
RIP Tina Turner aka Anna Mae Bullock (November 26, 1939 to May 24, 2023). You were simply the Best.
View ArticleWHY MWALIMU NYERERE ABHORED LIVING IN THE ‘COLONIAL’ IKULU.
President Nyerere’s motive was entirely ideological, as we shall see presently, in the paragraphs that follow below. When Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere first ascended to the Presidency of the...
View ArticleRevisiting the political history of Zanzibar
“History is too important to be left to Historians alone”, so the gurus said. This is the month of June, 2023. The lovers of our country’s political history may be interested in this little piece of...
View ArticleThe power of a woman
A mother should not have to give up her life to create oneAt birth, more boys than girls are born on our planet. Even though men have a lower life expectancy than women, the gender ratio in the world...
View ArticleCongrats Zim on ‘Inventing’ Patriotism Law
Although it’s long overdue, I can’t wait to see how it’ll pan out. I nevertheless congratulate Zim’s authorities on birthing a new bill lauded as a patriotic law. Africa needs such creative rulers who...
View ArticleHURRAH : THE ‘EAST AFRICAN FEDERATION’ IS NOW IN SIGHT, HOPEFULLY!
The CITIZEN Newspaper of Friday, May 28th, 2023, carried the following news: “President William Ruto of Kenya has called for fast-tracking the East African Federation plans”. I believe that there...
View ArticleAfrican Needs Political Union First the Rest Next
When 44 African countries conceived and ratified, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in 2018, in Kigali, Rwanda, many thought it'd become a game changer. Has it? One of the reprieves the...
View ArticleMY THIRD AND NEWEST BABY FOR THIS YEAR
ISBN9781779314840Pages270Dimensions210 x 148 mmPublished2023PublisherMwanaka Media and Publishing, ZimbabweFormatPaperbackAFRICA’S CONTEMPORARY FOOD INSECURITYSelf-inflicted Wounds through Modern Veni...
View ArticleCaution: Boycotting elections has its negative consequences
SOME sad news appeared recently in the social media, informing that CHADEMA is planning to boycott the forthcoming Local Authorities by-elections. This appeared in a statement attributed to the...
View ArticleOpen Letter to African Rulers on Ukraine ‘Peace Mission’
Dear Sirs, I was recently shocked to see you flying to Ukraine to do what media called peace mission. Dear Presidents, Azali Assoumani (Comoros), Macky Sall (Senegal), Cyril Ramaphosa (South Africa),...
View ArticleSub Saharan Africa Must Fight Racist Maghreb Now
News that Tunisia is now deporting what it views as illegal immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa is not good news. It is pure racism against the SSA, which the SSA countries need to fight timely and...
View ArticleThe ‘purpose, functions’ of Parliament in approving Government budgets
THE long annual budget session of Parliament, duly ended last week. I guess there are many people who watch, or listen, to the budget proceedings of Parliament, without really appreciating the basic...
View ArticleON THE INTERNATIONAL KISWAHILI DAY, AND PRESIDENT SAMIA’s ADMIRABLE DIPLOMACY.
“Usikate tamaa” (never give up hope), is part of what we are taught by the holy books. But It nearly happened to me. Last month, when I celebrated my 88th birthday, I had seriously considered giving...
View ArticleZim’s Coming Elections Letter to Chamisa and Mnangagwa
Dear Sirs, I know as you do. You’re now busy crisscrossing Zim chasing votes so that you can either get or keep your yummy orts. Allow me to humbly address you as follows:@ President Emmerson...
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