Land Rights Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/land-rights/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:16:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Land Rights Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/land-rights/ 32 32 67616479 The West has a moral obligation to pay reparations https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-west-has-a-moral-obligation-to-pay-reparations/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-west-has-a-moral-obligation-to-pay-reparations/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 23 Jan 2023 05:00:56 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71276 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.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-west-has-a-moral-obligation-to-pay-reparations/feed/ 0 71276 The return of Andrew Chatora…Harare Voices and Beyond https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/the-return-of-andrew-chatora-harare-voices-and-beyond/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/the-return-of-andrew-chatora-harare-voices-and-beyond/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 08 Nov 2022 23:57:29 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=72350 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.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/the-return-of-andrew-chatora-harare-voices-and-beyond/feed/ 0 72350 The forsaken people of Northern Kenya https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/kenya-the-forsaken-people/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/kenya-the-forsaken-people/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 26 Oct 2022 19:08:49 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=72247 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?

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/kenya-the-forsaken-people/feed/ 0 72247 Land reform in South Africa is failing. Ignoring the realities of rural life plays a part https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/land-reform-in-south-africa-is-failing-ignoring-the-realities-of-rural-life-plays-a-part/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/land-reform-in-south-africa-is-failing-ignoring-the-realities-of-rural-life-plays-a-part/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:16:35 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=72148 South Africa’s land reform programme is designed for a socio-economic context that doesn’t exist.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/land-reform-in-south-africa-is-failing-ignoring-the-realities-of-rural-life-plays-a-part/feed/ 0 72148 After all the pomp and pageantry for Queen Elizabeth II: The Apology that never came https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/after-all-the-pomp-and-pageantry-for-queen-elizabeth-ii-the-apology-that-never-came/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/after-all-the-pomp-and-pageantry-for-queen-elizabeth-ii-the-apology-that-never-came/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 07 Oct 2022 13:11:16 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=72048 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.

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