Chimamanda Adichie now a MacArthur Fellow
Filed under: Books & literature, I was just thinking
Chimamanda Adichie is one of the recipients of the 2008 MacArthur Fellowship, which comes with a generous stipend of USD 500 000.00. The fellowship “ awards unrestricted fellowships to talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction. There are three criteria for selection of Fellows: exceptional creativity, promise for important future advances based on a track record of significant accomplishment, and potential for the fellowship to facilitate subsequent creative work.”
Another great day for African literature. Congratulations, Chimamanda!
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It depends on whose hands it is in
Filed under: Inspire & motivate, Spirituality for such a time
This reflection has become a revelation which has crowned the importance of activities, talents and above all messages to all who see the glory and the power of God manifested in people’s lives. Let me give an example: a tennis racket in my hands may not mean much, but the same tennis racket in Venus William’s hand is worth a Wimbledon championship, and even a world championship. Read more
A woman in rebirth
In the beginning is a word, and the word becomes a voice shut up in her bones; in a whisper, it weaves itself into her loins telling her to burst forth like a bud from her self-made cocoon.
She hurries away from the word wearing a resolve to find her lost seed. But her heart thickens within cobwebs hanging inside the crevices of her being. The voice groans inside her. With her left toe, she scribbles a note on the ground for her grandmother, and another for herself, and then she drags her feet, shoulders clumped as if she is carrying a heavy load. Read more
Anesu Chiwura is Miss Zim UK 2008
Above contestants from Miss Zim UK. Seventeen year old Anesu Chiwura (right) won the pageant which was held in Leicster on Saturday (27th September 2008).
Anesu is a Travel and Tourism student at a college in Surrey. Read more
Why this lady still calls Zimbabwe home
Filed under: Notes from the Diaspora, Zimbabwean diaries
The article by gogo entitled “I want to go home” struck a chord in me. It seems that it’s a shared sentiment by millions of Zimbabweans in the Diaspora and at home. I came across this article by Kate Chambers which resonates with the same feelings for the mother country.
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Christian Science Monitor- The soldier sauntered out from behind the barrier, fiddling with a rifle slung across his chest. We had reached Zimbabwe’s Birchenough Bridge, a dusty settlement five hours from the South African border. The soldier peered into the car window. He was young, in his early 20s, I’d guess. “Why didn’t you stop?” he asked. Not for the first time, I wondered whether we were right to return. Read more
The Zezuru: mixing religion and business
By Sylvester Wapitso for Mmegi
Most customers prefer to buy on credit. Some pay. Others run away before settling the outstanding debt. Nonetheless, we survive.
FRANCISTOWN: The ting-ting-ting metallic taps could be heard a few metres from the household. Instantly, one is welcomed into the home of tinsmiths.
Pieces of metal sheets are scattered all over. Gracious Tatangira’s head is clean-shaven and he sports a beard. Read more
Of politics, politicians and our future
“There’s no virgin in a maternity ward,” says a Cameroonian proverb. After Thabo Mbeki’s ouster, which many, who are able to read the dynamics of politics, have known was coming for a long time, and the shenanigans from those involved in Zimbabwe’s power sharing deal, many things have been said.
Jacob Zuma has been accused of being power hungry. Many have observed how our own Arthur has delusions of grandeur where he is King- and it was quite apparent he would be so at any cost and compromise. But then let anyone who enters politics and does not want power cast the first stone. Read more
Food for life, water for death
Give it food and it will live; give it water and it will die. Read more
The latest Zimbabwe news on Zimbablog
In our continuing efforts to provide a compelling experience for you we have added news feeds to the Zimbablog home page. If you look on the far right under “Recent Articles” you will see headlines for the most current news available on the Internet relating to Zimbabwe.
The feed pulls Zimbabwe news from thousands of websites and news agencies using Google News and is updated every single minute. If Zimbablog is the only Zim site you visit in a day you will still be in the know. Read more
Taking coals to Newcastle. Why buying Utd is a waste of money
So a consortium of Nigerian businessmen want to pay $700 million (a figure that could rise to the $900 million that the current club owner wants) to buy Newcastle United! Ever since Russian oil billionaire Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea F.C it seems to be every billionaires dream Read more
On The Zimbo Jam- Alick Macheso- Lucky Guitarist or Musical Genius?By Memory Chirere Although many Zimbabwean music lovers are agreed that Alick Macheso is the King of Sungura, the Zimbabwean brand of Rhumba, that is as far as the agreement will go. As Masimba Kuchera admits in an article on the Chesopower website, ‘there have been many schools of thought on the (real) strength of Macheso- some arguing about his skills with the bass guitar, some contending that it is his vocals and others proffering his dancing skills, it is generally agreed that the musician is of immense talent.’ When people agree that you are extremely talented but go on to debate hotly about exactly whether your strength lies in theway you walk or the way you run, then that is a mark of genius. You actually put people in a crisis of naming aspects of a phenomenon.
- A Dance Farewell for Isabel MatolaBy Ruvimbo Hope Masike Here is one of the most beautiful things about Zimbabwe. It is inimitably Zimbabwean. We Zimbabweans love peace, of course, among other things. We love fun, joy and we are naturally celebratory people even when there isn’t much to celebrate about. For instance young children jump around joyously chanting “Ndege! Ndege!” when an aeroplane passes over them. Now when there is something worthy of the celebration, the joy is electric, understandably so, considering how almost everything else around us is seemingly dull and confusing and uninspiringly so. As a result, when Isabel Matola’s Mozambique Dance Festival came by, it turned out to be one of the brightest lights in town, which was a well deserved acclaim.
- Kanda Bongo Man Lands in Harare With One Guitar[Herald] France-based rhumba maestro Kanda Bongo Man had just one guitar when he set out to perform at the Harare International Conference Centre on Wednesday evening, and his day was saved by a local musician who offered him his instruments on the 11th hour to avert what could have turned out to be an international disaster.
- Alick Macheso- Lucky Guitarist or Musical Genius?
