The UK based Zimbabwean author, Andrew Chatora, has yet another new novel on the way! This is the third novel in three years from the fast rising writer from Mutare. It is called Harare Voices and Beyond. Preview by Memory Chirere, University of Zimbabwe.
Land Rights
Politics and Society The forsaken people of Northern Kenya
Article 204 of Kenya’s constitution mandates the government to use the Equalisation Fund to provide basic services (water, roads and health facilities) to marginalised areas to bring the quality of services in those areas to the level enjoyed by the rest of the nation. Will Pres Ruto’s government give Article 204 its due attention?
Politics and Society Land reform in South Africa is failing. Ignoring the realities of rural life plays a part
South Africa’s land reform programme is designed for a socio-economic context that doesn’t exist.
Politics and Society After all the pomp and pageantry for Queen Elizabeth II: The Apology that never came
Led by the royals, British colonialists committed every form of cruelty imaginable—those who suffered under the empire and fought it are angry over the homage paid to Elizabeth II.
Politics and Society A deserted north: forgotten by history and cursed by devolution
The history of Northern Kenya and marginalisation goes as far back as the colonial days. The same trend used by colonisers has remained in play. Historical evidence points at a neglected, abandoned and marginalised region and successive governments have not done enough to reverse the deep inequalities and marginalisation.
Politics and Society Queen Elizabeth, colonialism and land: ghosts of the past still haunt Cape Town today
The British empire brought the practice of commons enclosure to Africa to claim land. Its effects continue today at sites like the Liesbeek River in Cape Town.
Politics and Society Tanzania: How Maasai women are resisting land grabs
In Tanzania large corporations have entered the lands of the Maasai people to mine rubies and tanzanite. The Maasai can neither assert their rights to the land nor benefit from the mining of these precious resources.
Politics and Society The West has a moral obligation to pay reparations
Calls for former colonial masters to pay reparations for their role in the enslavement of millions of Africans and the colonial exploitation of African lands has gained momentum in recent years.
Politics and Society Moving the Maasai: Tanzania is repeating Kenya’s colonial past
Just over 100 years ago, Maasai in Kenya were moved into reserves, where they could be more easily taxed and controlled, to make way for white settlement.