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Tony Monda Art Zone
Many African schools of art study Western art and glorify the innovations of the “Cubists”, “Fauvists” and “Expressionists”, yet the genii of these works are rooted in African aesthetics and stylistic renderings. Zimbabweans are no exceptions due to the fact that a significant component of tertiary art education is based on the study of the history of European and Western art.
Charles Ray not a youth empowerment hero
Rangu Nyamurundira
On December 28, 2011, a group of young Zimbabweans calling themselves the Zimbabwe Organisation for Youth in Politics, presented the 2011 “Diplomatic Defender of Human Rights” award to the United States of America’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mr Charles Ray.
The anti-violence crusade
Tichaona Zindoga
A few years ago, it was hard to imagine President Mugabe and MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai under one roof. On the one hand was a revolutionary par excellence who fought colonialism for the benefit of the majority black people of Zimbabwe while on the other was a man perceived to be on a mission to reverse the gains of the liberation struggle.