Coconut Oblivion. “What does the white man want”, the young girl asked, trying to make sense of the tales history had shared with her. Why is she so brave to ask this? How was she so brave to ask this? Surely she must have been naive, or maybe I the naive one… I guess she…
Democrazy: lessons in Constitutionalism, legislature and the role of the Judiciary.
I recently attended an event celebrating 20 years of the Constitution and the NCOP… Their motto remains “Taking Parliament to the people”… This is of course great PR but what are the it’s practicalities in this our country crutched on service delivery protest, increasing visibility of crime, you know the rest. It was here that…
The Zimbabwe birds, symbols of Peace scattered in pieces.
As news of the Zimbabwean non-coup swirled in a dizzying splurge of opinion from celebrity thought leader types and their menacing minions. I sat and thought about social order and lamented the poverty that The people will continue to suffer as a result of not having command of military power in these times where crooks…
Ningi-Zimu: The Global south, Ta-Neteru the land of the gods.
Throughout the history of civilisations, there have been many beings, entities, some higher and some lower than humans who have portrayed themselves as some or other creation/creator worthy of adoration by primitive man who hadn’t according to the times, self actualised. These gods all have fantastic stories shrouded in myth and codes lost in forgotten…
Dr Pachanga, Makoya Style, no manga manga
There is something ancient about Dr Pachanga, I don’t know what it is about his moustache that makes him appear to be a friendly rickshaw driver whose wheeled contraption will lead you down some or other psychedelic rabbit hole. He could be somebody’s sangoma, knowing what’s up, or down, he’ll sort you out… that’s his…
In Search of An African Aesthetic: Dr Peter Magubane and Revolutions Captured.
I had read about Peter Magubane as a child, I realised when I met him, that I had known his name and work but not his face. I had known the Photographer who worked at Drum Magazine in its hey days; when black writers in the midst of oppression wrote objectively. Their objectivity seemed to have…
Marvel’s Inhumans on IMAX… Is this The future of big Budget TV series?
“IMAX is making big budget TV a big screen event.” -Steven Kelly Series’ seems to have taken over the world…but… How serious can you be about TV binges… Enough to go to the cinema for it? Marvel’s Inhumans – a new television series exploring the never-before-told epic journey of Black Bolt and the Royal Family, will…
Judge each day not by the harvest, but by the seeds you sow…
Above the zinc sink, disturbing the grout serving the tile… A nail stood, sideways, erect but horizontal, inwards. Held in place by hammer and intention’s force to lodge it right there. I’d be washing the evening dishes, it was always my week ego tried to tell me… Two boys and a mother. Arguing, resolving, whose turn it…
