Connect with us

Nelson Mutongi

Nelson Mutongi is a biographer, music analyst, literary critic, book reviewer, teacher, editor and MC. He is the author of "Hwatsvira Hwemvumvira" and "Pieces of Silver," and co-author of "Jongwe neSheche" and "Kuchema neKunakirwa" You may connect with him via email nelsonmutongi01@gmail.com |

    Stories By Nelson Mutongi

    More Posts
    Arts, Culture and Sport3 minutes ago

    Literature, authorship and the human voice: Andrew Chatora’s Unstoppable March of the Human Condition
    Politics and Society36 minutes ago

    Artificial Intelligence: Private ownership, collective risks
    Politics and Society58 minutes ago

    Trump’s AI ambitions demand a clearer response from Africa
    Politics and Society3 days ago

    Maputo to Host 2026 All-African Movement Assembly for Activists & Human Rights Defenders
    Politics and Society3 weeks ago

    The passport, the database and the State: Who controls digital Zimbabwe?
    Politics and Society3 weeks ago

    Wicknell Chivhayo and trying to own Zimbabwe’s conscious culture is ephemeral and futile
    Arts, Culture and Sport3 weeks ago

    Olu Jacobs remembered: Nollywood’s elder statesman always acted for his country
    Politics and Society3 weeks ago

    Remembering the argument for progressive national gender equality consciousness
    Politics and Society3 weeks ago

    When the Algorithm decides what we see: Who governs Africa’s digital democracy?
    Politics and Society1 month ago

    Zambia 2026: Beyond the ballot did SADC duck the election crisis? (SAPES Dialogue forum presentation)
    Politics and Society1 month ago

    Democracy in code: How digital power is reshaping sovereignty in Africa
    Arts, Culture and Sport1 month ago

    Fifa in Africa: has Gianni Infantino really helped football development?
    Politics and Society2 months ago

    Zambia at a crossroads: Preserving democracy beyond the ballot
    Politics and Society2 months ago

    Education is neither a commercial venture nor a credit facility but a basic need and a public good
    Politics and Society2 months ago

    The third global wave of autocratization One playbook, two instruments: Legal façades and structural decay in the world, with Indonesia and Kenya as case studies
    Politics and Society2 months ago

    The great ledger correction: Why cancelling the debt of the Global South is restitution, not forgiveness
    Politics and Society2 months ago

    Zambia’s opposition did not lose this election on the campaign trail. It lost it at the nomination desk
    Politics and Society2 months ago

    A mirror across the Zambezi: Why Zambia’s August 13 vote matters to Zimbabwe and SADC
    Politics and Society2 months ago

    Explaining the theory of political ‘Morari’ in Zimbabwe
    Politics and Society2 months ago

    Zimbabwe’s political dilemma: Shallow populism, materialism and dying ideological values

    Zimbabwean writer Andrew Chatora awarded for land-themed novel in New York
    Arts, Culture and Sport3 years ago

    Zimbabwean writer Andrew Chatora awarded for land-themed novel in New York
    David Chasumba’s Behind the Facade & Other Short Stories: A review
    Arts, Culture and Sport2 years ago

    David Chasumba’s Behind the Facade & Other Short Stories: A review
    Politics and Society3 years ago

    In the face of autocracy the Togolese Civil League movement pushes for justice, accountability and democracy
    Pan Africanism mural in Tanzania. Photo: Michael Branz/ CC BY 2.0
    Politics and Society3 years ago

    Opinion | PanAfricanists must seek a radical cure for the open wound that is the state in Africa
    Andrew Chatora is an award-winning Zimbabwean author and noted exponent of the African diaspora novel.
    Arts, Culture and Sport2 years ago

    Vazhure’s Weeping Tomato: An Intrepid Tale of Interconnected Binary Opposites – A Review by Andrew Chatora
    Muhoozi Kainerugaba,
    Politics and Society3 years ago

    Opinion | The Muhoozi Project is a hoax
    Africans rising2 years ago

    Jack Dorsey returns for the third edition of the Africa Bitcoin Conference 2024
    Politics and Society2 years ago

    OPINION | Kenya protests: Either we urgently push for UN-led global tax reforms, or we face more conflict
    Pumpjack located south of Midland, Texas.
    Politics and Society3 years ago

    Europe has plans for Africa’s resources, and not for Africa’s benefit
    Arts, Culture and Sport1 year ago

    Remembering an African literary icon Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o —10 quotes: Part 1
    Politics and Society2 years ago

    Opinion — Pan-Africanist and global development expert Brian Kagoro reiterates longstanding opposition to ZIDERA
    Climate activists holding a demonstration holding placards. One placard reads "Climate Justice for All"
    Politics and Society2 years ago

    Climate finance for the Global North and climate reparations for the Global South
    Arts, Culture and Sport2 years ago

    Andrew Chatora on the faultlines of nation-building
    Pope Francis died on 25 April 2025. Flickr
    African identities1 year ago

    Reform or retreat? The Catholic church in Africa after Pope Francis
    Nelson Mandela revisiting his cell at Robben Island prison. The image was sold to support his charitable causes. Louise Gubb/Corbis via Getty Images
    Politics and Society3 years ago

    Nelson Mandela’s personal items under the hammer in New York? Why it outraged some, and what’s at stake
    Flags of various African countries
    Politics and Society3 years ago

    The Africa Club launched to strengthen the continent’s financial muscle
    Herbert Mensah
    Arts, Culture and Sport2 years ago

    African rugby boss Herbert Mensah lauds Boks’ global dominance
    Politics and Society3 years ago

    UNEA-6: Fossil fuels drive both the Plastics and Climate Crises and need an International Framework to phase them out
    Arts, Culture and Sport3 years ago

    Colonial statues in Africa have been removed, returned and torn down again – why it’s such a complex history
    Politics and Society2 years ago

    Africans Rising Borderless Africa Convening: The Lusaka Communiqué