My phone started ringing like hell on Wednesday evening. Friends, readers, as well as people I haven’t spoken to in months. “Could it be that Wicknell is dead.” “Is it true?” “You’re in Marondera. What’s happening?” “Can you confirm?” The funny part was that I was probably as uninformed as they were. Maybe more. The helicopter had gone down somewhere around Marondera. Six people were … Continue reading Today Is a Good Day, Apparently
There are essays you read and immediately know you disagree with. Then there are essays that make you uncomfortable precisely because you agree with enough of them to have to think harder about the parts you don’t. “The Paradox of Deification of Jesus Christ,” written by Lovemore Chishamba is the second kind. I have to say that I love the essay’s anger. That may sound … Continue reading Jesus, Empire and the Problem With Reclaiming What Was Never Ours Alone
Rachel Accurso built a $1 million donation career out of teaching toddlers how to say “mama,” identify farm animals and jump like bunnies. Her YouTube channel now has more than 21 million subscribers. There is a Netflix deal, a Sesame Street collaboration, merchandise, books and, this month, her first album, I’m So Happy. She has become one of the most recognisable faces in children’s entertainment.
And yet, for the past two years, she has repeatedly found herself in the middle of one of the most vicious political arguments on the internet…. Continue reading Why Ms. Rachel Can’t Just Stop Talking About Gaza
Twenty plastic-wrapped bundles of US$100 notes, stacked in full view of a packed congregation. That was the scene at United Family International Church in Chitungwiza this past Sunday, as Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa presented his followers with a US$1 million cash gift from businessman Wicknell Chivayo. The room, by all accounts, erupted — cheers, whistles, applause, the unmistakable sound of a miracle being witnessed in real … Continue reading $1 Million Cash on a Church Altar
The page isn’t really blank.
It’s just staring at me.
Judging me.
Waiting for brilliance I swore I had at 2am but can’t find now that the sun’s up and my coffee’s gone cold.
A long life is supposed to be associated with the most wonderful dreams of endless discovery and learning. However, these dreams could carry the grave burdens of seeming boredom, heartbreaking survival beyond loved ones lost, and difficult questions of how to allocate dwindling resources. Longevity may deepen the texture of life, but it may also numb life’s urgency. Perhaps the true essence of life is … Continue reading Thoughts on the concept of living a very long life
The unseen cost of progress. That’s what they never tell you about. They tout the benefits, the innovations, the advancements. But what about the price we pay? The price we can’t even see? We’re so blinded by the shine of new things, we forget what we’re leaving behind. The old ways, the traditional ways, the ways that made us human. We’re trading our souls for … Continue reading The Unseen Cost Of Progress
