Tolerance- Zimbabwe Poets for Human Rights invites you
A group of young poets will on Tuesday (27 Jan 2009) hold a poetry recital to enforce the importance of building a culture of peace and tolerance. Known as Zimbabwe Poets for Human Rights (ZPHR), the group has, since last year been holding regular recitals with different themes around the central idea of Human Rights for all. Read more
Barack Obama Inaugural Speech
REMARKS OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
Inaugural Address
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Washington, D.C.
My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you’ve bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents.
So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans. Read more
Masoja nehuori
Today I went to the bank to collect my hard earned cash only to find a long winding Q’. As a good citizen, full of respect to the majority & as a principled man I decided to join the back of the Q’. Seconds later some members of the (un-informed) force came and went straight to the front in total disrespect to the general populace.
Allow me, dear reader to highlight the gross antisocial behaviour that l noticed with my Four eyes in broad daylight. These members of the unifomed forces have been allocated a branch of their own at market square were they will not mingle with civilians. However they display their stuborn nature & lack of discipline by simply neglecting their Branch as they come to harass poor inocent civilians. If you dare say a word to them u will be in for a real good treat. Such behoviour left me with a lot of questions than answers. Read more
Dzimwe haiku muchiShona
Nekuenda kwenguva, haiku yaita ichiwanza zvaino taura nazvo.
Kare yaisapinda munyaya dzerudo kana dzenyika ; yaingo reveswa
zveusikwa, kupindana kwemazuva nemwaka nekugarisana kwevanhu neusikwa.
Haiku muChiRungu inenzvanyira [silab'le] 17 chete [gumi nenomwe : seven’tini] dzakarongwa kuti shanu [5], nomwe [7] neshanu. Izvi zvinosiyana mutauro nemutauro nekuti marongerwo enzvanyira anosiyana. Uyezve, pane mazwi anepikisano. Read more
Barack Obama victory speech
4th November 2008, Grant Park, Illinois, Chicago
Hello, Chicago.
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference. Read more
Of political maturity and Africans
Barak Obama- First US Black President
According to the news, Democratic Senator Barack Obama says “change has come to America”, after being elected the first black president of the United States.
“It’s been a long time coming, but tonight… change has come to America,” the president-elect told a jubilant crowd at a park in Chicago.
His rival John McCain accepted defeat, saying “I deeply admire and commend” Mr Obama. He called on his supporters to lend the next president their goodwill.
Can this example of peaceful, transparent elections, and ‘political maturity’ be emulated and followed by we- Africans? Read more
