Saturday, 25 May 2019

Africa in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism and Neo-Imperialism

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By Takura Zhangazha* One of my first lectures in graduate school was on how ‘enlightenment era’ Europe imagined and mapped Africa.  And som...
Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Zupco Jokes, Economic Class and Hedonistic Individualism in Zimbabwe.

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By Takura Zhangazha* They can be a bit of a laugh, if you are on social media, the political-economic goings on in Zimbabwe.   The...
Wednesday, 8 May 2019

ED’s New Establishment Project: An Attempt at Elitist Permanence.

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By Takura Zhangazha* When President Mnangagwa made overtures for ‘national dialogue’ to his political rivals in the 2018 harmonized ...
Monday, 29 April 2019

Zim Workers Day 2019: Re-Linking the Idea of State with Working People

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By Takura Zhangazha* Zimbabwe’s biggest labour federation the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has given the theme for  the ...
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Thursday, 18 April 2019

Zimbabwe @39: A Return to the Source and a Liberatory State.

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By Takura Zhangazha* The number of years since our national independence may increase but its historic meaning is never lost.   An...
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Thursday, 11 April 2019

Zimbabwe’s Version of Disaster Capitalism, Couched as Resilience

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By Takura Zhangazha A local Zimbabwean artist, Dereck Mpofu, recently released a song called ‘ Mweya wechiZimba’ .  Even though the titl...
Saturday, 30 March 2019

Robert Mugabe’s True Legacy: A Nasty, Materialist and Populist Individualism.

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By Takura Zhangazha* There have been a number of books written on Robert Mugabe in his many leadership roles.   As a leader of a gue...