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.
Boko Haram, Terrorism and Failing State Capacity in Nigeria: An Interrogation
The question of the universalism of human rights and its particular tendencies in a multicultural Age is now gaining currency in contemporary philosophical discourse.
Human Rights in a Multiculturalist World: The Myth and Reality in Continental Africa and Afro Diaspora
The question of the universalism of human rights and its particular tendencies in a multicultural Age is now gaining currency in contemporary philosophical discourse.
Book Review: Youngest Recruits: Pre-War, War & Post-War Experiences in Western Côte d’Ivoire
Based on data collection and first-hand experience in Man, Côte d’Ivoire, Youngest Recruits is a remarkably refreshing contribution to existing studies of armed conflict in this region of sub-Saharan Africa. The author, Magali Chelpi-den Hamer, deftly surveys the literature on youths involved in conflict, as well as many of the debates taking place among international organizations.
Book Review: Reforming the Malawian Public Sector: Retrospectives and Perspectives – Codesria Book Series (Richard Tambulasi, ed.)
Against this background, the book focuses on public sector reforms in Malawi. Indeed, it is a compilation of well researched chapters across one hundred and ten pages, on various cases, which reflect the title of the book. In all, there are five chapters.
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.
The Gebira Role in the Ancient Israelite Royal cult and Women Leadership in Ile-Ife Zone of Cherubim and Seraphim Churches
Leadership roles have long been mistaken to encumber special rights of the male gender. This paper engages in a descriptive analysis of Inter-cultural Hermeneutics on the role of women in Ancient Israel and the Cherubim and Seraphim churches (C&S) at Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
