Since Nelson Mandela has now been dubbed the man of the millennium and celebrated in the United States of America and throughout Europe as a statesman; there is a concerted effort in the West to portray him as Gandhi.…
On 21 February1924 Robert Gabriel Mugabe was born at Kutama Catholic Mission in Zvimba Communal land is in Mashonaland 80km from Harare. He belongs to the Shona tribe, speaks the Zezuru dialect. He was the third son; his two older siblings Michael…
Shame on the African Union for not stopping this cruel attack on black people of South Sudan for the sake and love of money. During apartheid all African countries were united against the evil system that was affecting black people but today…
Mugabe took over the party Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (Zanu PF) from its founder Ndabaningi Sithole and worked his way to the top and has pretty much always had his hands firmly gripped on the reigns of power until now…
Growing up in rural Zimbabwe I was always told that there were plans for rural electrification. This excited my minds as a young person who didn’t want freedom from smoke and candles and an end to looking for firewood. In retrospect the…
KISS OR Mutoko who is the voice of Kenya? Caroline Mutoko is the much celebrated Kenyan talk show host who is apparently the symbol of the successful post-colonial Kenyan woman. She is being promoted on CNN as an African…
Guy Scott Zambian Vice President Zambia saw a 93% rise in investments; my eyebrows went up. The explanation that we are given is the ‘peaceful transition to power’ theory. Correct if I am wrong but when was there no peace in Zambia? The…
Gatsi Rusere Munhumutapa 1589-1623
* Picture is part of the National Stamp Collection issued by the Zimbabwe Post Office in conjunction with the Zimbabwe National Archives in 1985 to honor the 50th Anniversary of the National Archives. The picture is from Portuguese historical…
Africa has always been ruled by men except in ancient times in Ethiopia with the Queen of Sheba, Queen Veronica Matamba of Angola and Queen Candace of Ethiopia so the idea of women in power is very much an African concept and…
Many people go to the western countries and turn their back on their home countries. Some after many years think of that place that they once called home and decide that it is time to give to the place that molded them…