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Onai Stanely Mushava

Onai Mushava is an artist, journalist and historian of ideas, descended from the Hungwe (Fish Eagle) totem. He was awarded the National Arts Merit Award (NAMA) for Outstanding Fiction Book in 2018 and nominated for the inaugural NAMA Outstanding Poetry Book in 2020. Senior writer for This Is Africa, Mushava was literary columnist and features writer for The Herald, Zimbabwe’s biggest daily, from 2013-2017. His essays and articles have also appeared in Brittle Paper, The Standard, NewsDay, bird and Southern Times. He divides his waking hours between Harare and Bulawayo. 
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AfroChampions
Politics and Society3 days ago

In search of African inspiration? Aliko Dangote more than inspires
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African rugby boss Herbert Mensah lauds Boks’ global dominance
Politics and Society4 months ago

Opinion — Pan-Africanist and global development expert Brian Kagoro reiterates longstanding opposition to ZIDERA
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Arts, Culture and Sport4 months ago

Vazhure’s Weeping Tomato: An Intrepid Tale of Interconnected Binary Opposites – A Review by Andrew Chatora
Africans rising5 months ago

Jack Dorsey returns for the third edition of the Africa Bitcoin Conference 2024
Politics and Society5 months ago

Jack Dorsey Returns For ABC 2024
Borderless Africa: Free movement in Africa is a step towards complete decolonisation
Politics and Society5 months ago

Africans Rising Calls for the Abolition of Colonial Borders and Demands Free Movement Across Africa
Politics and Society6 months ago

Israel’s Ideology of Genocide Must Be Confronted and Stopped
Arts, Culture and Sport6 months ago

Zimbabwe’s public historian Pathisa Nyathi has died – he restored the erased history of the Ndebele people
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and other BRICS representatives during the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, 23 August 2023
Politics and Society6 months ago

The BRICS Summit Should Mark the End of Neocon Delusions
Anti-coal Protest in Kenya - June 5th 2018 Environmental activists in Kenya are determined to show that coal has no place in the country’s energy future. Photo by decoalonize.org
Politics and Society6 months ago

Building an Utu-Led Nation: A New Path for Kenya
Politics and Society6 months ago

Kenya’s female freedom fighters were the silent heroes of the anti-colonial movement – here are some of their stories
Politics and Society6 months ago

The AFRICA BITCOIN CONFERENCE Social Impact Award
Arts, Culture and Sport6 months ago

Colonial white boys in Zimbabwe: John Eppel’s autobiography is a welcome book, but a difficult read
Politics and Society6 months ago

Kenya’s presidents have a long history of falling out with their deputies – Rigathi Gachagua’s impeachment is no surprise
Politics and Society6 months ago

The remarkable career of Tito Mboweni: from South African freedom fighter to central bank governor and trusted politician
Politics and Society6 months ago

Nobel economics prize: how colonial history explains why strong institutions are vital to a country’s prosperity – expert Q&A
Arts, Culture and Sport6 months ago

Western media outlets are trying to fix their racist, stereotypical coverage of Africa. Is it time African media did the same?
Arts, Culture and Sport6 months ago

Syndicated Loverboy – Oliver Mtukudzi in Kwekwe
Arts, Culture and Sport6 months ago

Senegal’s female rappers aren’t letting obstacles get in their way – who the rising voices are

Politics and Society3 years ago

Benin’s 30m ‘Amazon’ statue honours the women warriors of Dahomey
A person reading the bible
African identities2 years ago

What does the Bible say about homosexuality? For starters, Jesus wasn’t a homophobe
Arts, Culture and Sport3 years ago

Women behind the decks: The rise of South Africa’s female Amapiano DJs
Scholar-activist W.E.B. DuBois in 1946.
African identities2 years ago

W.E.B. Du Bois, Black History Month and the importance of African American studies
African identities2 years ago

Being queer in Africa: the state of LGBTIQ+ rights across the continent
The annual gay pride parade in Entebbe, Uganda, in 2014.
African identities2 years ago

US talks sanctions against Uganda after a harsh anti-gay law – but criminalizing same-sex activities has become a political tactic globally
LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word
African identities2 years ago

LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word
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Saudi Arabia is a modern slave hub and graveyard for African migrant workers
Africans rising2 years ago

Africans Rising concludes reconstitution of governance structure – New Coordinating Collective takes office
Ghetto Kids: what’s behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world
Arts, Culture and Sport2 years ago

Ghetto Kids: what’s behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world
The art in this dossier is based on still frames from the music video ‘IMF’ by Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 (Knitting Factory Records) featuring Dead Prez’s M1, directed by Jerome Bernard and produced by Duck Factory.
Politics and Society2 years ago

Life or Debt: The Stranglehold of Neocolonialism and Africa’s Search for Alternatives
Cartoon | UK High Court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda
Politics and Society2 years ago

Cartoon | UK High Court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda
Borderless Africa: Free movement in Africa is a step towards complete decolonisation
Politics and Society2 years ago

Borderless Africa: Free movement in Africa is a step towards complete decolonisation
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Africans rising2 years ago

Africans Rising statement on Niger coup
Joe Biden is meeting African leaders - why free trade is a major talking point
Politics and Society2 years ago

Joe Biden is meeting African leaders – why free trade is a major talking point
Arts, Culture and Sport3 years ago

“Les Sapeurs”, Black Dandyism and the genesis of gender fluid African fashion
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Africans rising2 years ago

“Unapologetic about the youth revolution,” — in conversation with Youth4Parliament’s Mary Mwaba
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Africans rising2 years ago

In conversation with indefatigable Nigerian human rights defender — Abdulahi Bilah
Policeman Shane Naidoo, left, leads Thabo Bester from holding cells in Durban.
Arts, Culture and Sport2 years ago

Thabo Bester’s escape from a privately-run South African prison raises questions about corruption
Africans rising2 years ago

Getting a grip on Borderless Africa’s foot soldiers