adminFreedom: Where has it put African consciousness?
Ben OkriFreedom may just turn out to be a very small part of the true story of a people. The real story begins with what they did with that freedom. This has been the real challenge for Africa. This has been the real challenge of our times. Can we make something worthwhile of our freedom? Can we
Know your author: Ama Ata Aidoo
Marcia GoreProfessor Ama Ata Aidoo is a Ghanaian author, playwright and academic whose work, written in English, emphasises the paradoxical position of the modern African woman and is one of the most versatile women in African writing. Born Christina Ama Aidoo in 1940, near Saltpond, Gold Coast now
Mahoso: The forgotten poet
Memory ChirereYou may not have known that Tafataona Mahoso is a published poet. His one and only collection of poems published in Harare by Nehanda Publishers in 1989 is entitled “Footprints about the Bantustan.” When you happen to come across Mahoso in an auditorium, he tends to quickly
West’s threat to Africa’s food security
William G. MoseleyThere is a new, but deceptive, foreign drive to end hunger in Africa through large-scale agribusiness. Yet helping poor households in rural Africa feed themselves in an affordable manner means introducing low-cost, sustainable enhancements to farming. Corporate interests have hijacked
Obama just another American president
Rukundi wa NjigaBarrack Obama has won a second term to run the monster called the United States of America. Of course, we did not expect him to lose although it would have been most ideal, especially for Africa. Maybe a new broom and after all, with no African routes, would not disappoint the continent in
3 die as quake rattles Myanmar
SAGAING. — At least three people were killed, 29 injured and four went missing in yesterday morning’s 6.8-magnitude strong earthquake that struck northern Myanmar, state TV said in a breaking news in the afternoon. Of the three victims, two are from Kyauk Myaung in Sagaing region and one isExiled opposition groups strike deal
DAMASCUS/DOHA. — Syria’s exiled opposition groups convening in the Qatari capital of Doha have signed an initial agreement to form a new coalition called the National Coalition for the Opposition Forces, reports said yesterday. The new coalition is mainly composed of opposition groups outsideChina praised
BEIJING. — Foreign officials, experts and media have spoken positively of China’s achievements in the past 10 years, saying its rapid development has made significant contributions to the world economy. They were commenting on the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,Muripo falls in Japan
Ellina Mhlanga Sports ReporterLOCAL karatekas Samson Muripo and Mugove Muhambi found the going tough at the third Kyokushin Union World Ka-rate tournament in Toyama, Japan, over the weekend where they both failed to reach the final of the Open weight category. According to reports from Japan, Japan’s Takuma
Honour outstanding athletes — Coltart
Collin Matiza Sports EditorZIMBABWEANS have been criticised for not giving their athletes due recognition when they excel at major international sporting events. Speaking after attending the Matabeleland Bowls annual prize-giving function in Bulawayo on Saturday, Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart said