Getting widowed in Zimbabwe is life altering, not just the trauma of losing a spouse, but the treatment from those still alive that comes with it. … Continue reading Until your death do me apart: The widow’s lament
This piece was originally posted on Tina-Michelle’s blog, The Dimpled One So this morning I woke up to this interesting discussion on Twitter. ZiFM asked why it … Continue reading Why modern women allegedly can not submit to their husbands…
Hey, you! Yes, you. Stop slut shaming. I recently read about the “top 50 Harare naughty girls” list while catching up on what was then the … Continue reading Slut-shamers, sit down, it’s not your vagina
I moved back home a couple of months ago. I had spent the last two years yearning to return, but I have found my short time … Continue reading Beneath the surface: In search of Afrikan knowledge & greatness
Over the past month, violence against foreigners in South Africa has topped the headlines. Conversation Zimbabwe contributors have written on various aspects of the scourge. Eleph Gula-Ndebele … Continue reading If we don’t act, we’ll soon flog the dead horse of hunhu
“All good people agree, And all good people say, All nice people, like Us, are We And every one else is They: But if you cross … Continue reading Foreigners under attack: We need new names* (or none at all)
“But tete, why are they charging so much?” “Because we value you.” It should be a simple answer, but it wasn’t. The 3rd wave, pan- African, liberal, mixed bag feminist wheels in my head, heart and stomach all turned at … Continue reading Pricing the priceless: My lobola story
Ndiri mukaranga saka ndinodhura.[1] It’s a statement, not a question. I hail from the south-eastern part of Zimbabwe, just south of the majestic Great Zimbabwe that … Continue reading Bride “price”: Pay back whose money?
PachiShona “tsika” means two things. As with many Shona words, depending on context and how you pronounce it, it can mean, “to trample, tread or step … Continue reading Tsika tsika: Puritanism, moral decay and fingering in Zimbabwe
I have often sat contemplating what it means to be Zimbabwean. My father is Zimbabwean, kumusha kwedu kuBirchenough Bridge close to Buhera. My mother is of … Continue reading An A Free Can Zimbabwean: A history muted is not deleted
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