Renowned local and international academics and critics, most of whom are women, came up with a groundbreaking reader on Yvonne Vera’s fictional works entitled, Sign and Taboo: Perspectives on the Poetic Fiction of Yvonne Vera
Urban Myths Pertaining to Road Accidents in Zimbabwe: The Case of Chinhamo Service Centre Along Seke Road Linking Harare and Chitungwiza
The paper explores urban myths concerning road accidents that occur between the 16 kilometre and 17 kilometre pegs along Seke road linking Harare and Chitungwiza in Zimbabwe.
Towards a Fusion of Western and Traditional African Educational Systems in Zimbabwe’s National School Curriculum
This paper argues for the fusion of worthwhile elements of Western and African Traditional concepts of education in Zimbabwe’s National School Curriculum.
Mass Deception or Reality: Reflections on the Politics of Sanctions in Zimbabwe, 2000-2012
Discourses on the politics of sanctions continue to be lauded in Zimbabwe and even beyond, largely because of the contentious land reform programme which has sent diplomatic shockwaves across the globe.
Chirikure Chirikure as a Writer in Politics: A Study of Selected Poems
This study is an analysis of the relevance of Chirikure`s poetry in depicting the political realities obtaining in Zimbabwe stretching from the colonial period up to today. It proceeds from the realisation that literature cannot be separated from the politics of the society in which it is produced.
Re-Imagining and Re-Casting ‘Us’ and ‘Them’: The Novel “Coming Home” and the Contemporary Resurgence of Race-Inspired Nationalism in Zimbabwe’s Past Decade
Today, race occupies the heart of Zimbabwe’s nationalist discourses that were revived circa 2000 to prop up the idea of correcting the racial land tenure system. However in the succeeding years this country, once touted as the epitome of progressive African independence, underwent a serious political and economic implosion marked by world-record inflation and a collapse in basic social services.
Land to the Landless? A Theological Reflection on Some Christian Views to the Land reform Program in Zimbabwe, 2000-2008
The land reform programme in Zimbabwe has been evaluated from a number of perspectives, for instance, by historians, social scientists, agronomists and political analysts. The present study provides a theological reflection on the contentious issue of land reform in Zimbabwe.
A Look at the Struggle of Zimbabwean Married Women Regarding Safe Sex
The debate on HIV and AIDS has attracted necessary attention in all facets of Zimbabwean life. Today, the assumption is that all people, men and women, understand the urgent need to openly discuss and negotiate the need for safe sex, whichever way necessary, for the preservation of life and the integrity of families.
Ethical Leadership in Post-colonial Zimbabwe: Insights, Challenges and Remedies
In this essay Ncube argues that most of the problems bedeviling Africa today are a result of lack of good leadership. She, therefore, argues for ubuntu as the panacea to Africa’s problems.
Moving Out of Confining Spaces: Metaphors of Existence in the Diaspora in Selected Zimbabwean Writings
This paper explores the literary representations of out migration by Zimbabweans in the last decade in selected short stories in Writing Still (2008), Harare North (2009) and Hunting in Foreign Lands and Other Stories (2010).
