James Chikonamombe
@Zichivhu
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Zimbabwean. Married to a Guyanese sistren. Two kids. [extended] Family, Football, Rugby, Cricket, Motor Sports & African Politics keep me alive.
Oakland, Ca
Joined March 2009
Just in case you'd like to learn IsiNdebele, there will be slots as from Wednesday, the 5th of November. DM your WhatsApp number to sign up. Please note that the lessons are online without an offline option. Kindly RT and share widely with your networks. #FundaIsiNdebele
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Article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, republished in The Australian this morning.
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And finally today, in 1340 in Spain, an invading Marinid army from Morocco and the emirate of Granada were defeated by the Christian kingdoms of Castile and Portugal at the battle of Rio Salado, marking the effective end of North African attempts to reverse the reconquista
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This Tanzanian lady, Samia Suluhu Hassan, had me fooled. In my Afro-Optomist naïveté I thought she was a mix of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf & Joyce Banda...ready to take Tanzania to new heights. Turns out, I was mistaken.
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CCM was strong enough, popular enough, to win without the suppression. Without jailing opposition members, without restricting freedom of speech. A huge miscalculation by the incumbent.
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Uncomfortable Truth: Tony Elumelu is a poor speaker (unlike Dangote or Masiyiwa) and his verbal missives lack strategic depth. He should not be speaking for Africa on global forums.
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People work very hard to put delicious pineapples on our tables
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Verdict IN: The VicFalls conflict 🇿🇲🇿🇼 Zambian side: ✔️Has 1.2 of 1.7km of the falls ✔️Poor marketing ✔️Cheap entry $20 ✔️Manual data entry by tourists ✔️Closest views ✔️Missed opportunities Zimbabwean side: ✔️Well marketed ✔️Well organized ✔️Expensive, better facilities
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“Soul Makossa” de Manu Dibango (1972), copiée par M.Jackson, Beyoncé, Jay-Z et Rihanna, a changé la musique et réinventé la modernité. Plus de 50 ans plus tard, le pays de Manu produit toujours des génies en quantité industrielle mais ne peut organiser des élections incontestées.
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Happy 61st Independence Day to my beautiful home, Zambia 🇿🇲 1. Mosi-oa-Tunya 2. Kalambo 3. Chishimba 4. Kaela 💚❤️🖤🧡
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It is a form of epistemic violence as (formerly) colonised people to continually be stuck in the bottom two layers of Bloom's Taxonomy, rarely able to achieve synthesis, let alone evaluation, because we're always trying to get our facts/history straight.
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When our President Morgan Tsvangirai died in 2019 I went to receive Baba Raila Odinga at the airport when he came to attend the funeral of his friend Morgan Tsvangirai . We immediately asked for his help with two crises: 1. Thousands of supporters rejecting the ZANU PF and
It is deeply moving to see Mai Tsvangirai travel to Bondo for the funeral of Prime Minister Raila Odinga. This is a powerful gesture of reciprocity. When President Tsvangirai was ill and the party struggled with medical bills, Baba Raila came to our rescue. We will never forget
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#Malawi This is a good & noble idea, but needs funds, steady application and course correction where needed. Please study the free-education policies of President Mwai Kibaki in Kenya (in the 2000s) for reference.
President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika has announced that starting January next year, school fees for primary and secondary schools will be abolished warning learners against absconding and indulging in drug and substance abuse. https://t.co/80gHSmKcRC
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Pai, It’s been 39 years of missing you. It’s been 39 years of waiting to know what happened to you It’s 39 years of seeking justice! I cry for you Mozambique cries for you SADC cried for you Africa cries for you… a giant of its land #samoramachel
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Former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe the late Morgan Tsvangirai's wife travels all the way to mourn with Mama Ida Odinga. #RIPRailaOdinga ^RW
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