by Constance Manika – Zimbabwe – Hopefully, readers may remember the piece I wrote for The WIP in May 2007 about prominent Zimbabwean playwright Cont Mhlanga, and the premiere of his most recent and controversial play yet, “The Good President.”…
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Defiant Cont Mhlanga’s Latest Play Banned But He Vows To Continue with Protest Theater
Tagged with: Africa, Arts & Culture, censorship, human rights, Robert Mugabe, theater production, Zimbabwe
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Systematic Abuses of Women and Children in Zimbabwe’s Women’s Prison Stirs Up a Hornet’s Nest
by Constance Manika – Zimbabwe – In 2003, gender activists from the Zimbabwe Women Writers group published a book entitled A Tragedy of Lives: Women in Prison in Zimbabwe. It revealed shocking human rights abuses in the country’s prison system.…
Tagged with: Africa, Books, Criminal Justice, gender activism, women writers, Women's Health, Women's Rights, Zimbabwe
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Mugabe’s Forcible “Clearance” of 2.4 Million of His Own People in Operation Murambatsvina: A Tragic Legacy, Two Years Later
by Constance Manika – Zimbabwe – My conscience has not let me rest since I last visited the small mining town of Bindura, about 90 kilometers outside Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital. At just about this time of year in 2005, I…
Tagged with: Africa, corruption, Displacement, human rights, international aid, Journalism, Politics, poverty, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
HIV/AIDS Epidemic Raging Among Men Having Sex with Men (MSM): amFAR Announces New Initiative in Sydney to Address the Crisis
by Imelda V. Abaño & Esther Nakkazi – Philippines/Uganda – Reporting from Sydney, Australia One of the greatest public health failures in the fight against AIDS is the world’s inability to prevent widespread HIV infection among Men who have Sex…
Tagged with: Africa, Asia, Education, Health, HIV/AIDS, Homosexuality
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
Open Letter to the Next US President: Get Tougher on Mugabe’s Despotic Government, But Send Aid for the Suffering Zimbabweans
by Constance Manika – Zimbabwe – “When elephants fight, it is the grass which suffers.” – African Proverb The Zimbabwean government introduced an ambitious Antiretroviral Drugs (ARVs) program in 2004, but Ropafadzo Kondo, who tested HIV positive in 1999, got…
Tagged with: Africa, corruption, Development, Elections, Healthcare, HIV/AIDS, international aid, Politics, Robert Mugabe, United States, Zimbabwe
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, Special Election Coverage
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, Special Election Coverage
Will Sex with a Virgin Cure HIV/AIDS? – Why Zambian Children Are Being Defiled: The Courts Try New Measures to Stop the Record Number of Cases
by Delphine Zulu – Zambia – The number of children being defiled in Zambia has continued to increase dramatically because of a widespread belief that having sex with a virgin will cure HIV/AIDS; this mis-information is mainly spread by local…
Tagged with: Africa, Child Rights, Education, Health, HIV/AIDS, Indigenous Culture, laws, rape, Traditional Beliefs, Zambia
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
Local African Designs Speak the Language of Youth
by Rosemary Okello – Kenya – Walking through Mefa Creations, a local organization specializing in African designs and located along Ngong Road in Nairobi, you are greeted with bold African colors, local jewelry and clothing made from African fabrics. The…
Tagged with: Africa, Arts & Culture, design, fashion, Kanga, Kenya, Nairobi, youth
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
Zimbabwe’s Planned National Indigenization and Empowerment Bill: Disaster for the Country’s Economic Infrastructure
by Lelety Mabasa – Zimbabwe – Reeling under severe economic hardships which have earned it the world’s highest monthly inflation rate, Zimbabwe is to be dealt yet another blow as far as foreign investment is concerned. The impending disaster will…
Tagged with: Africa, economic policy, Economy, Mugabe, National Indigenization and Empowerment Bill, Politics, Zimbabwe
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
The Politics of Blogging in France
by Aralena Malone-Leroy – France – With a record-breaking voter-participation of 86% registered on May 6th, the French citizen’s participation in politics appears to have taken a positive turn from resignation and apathy to genuine interest and action. The reasons…
Even As Traditional Art in Malawi Begins to Prosper, Its Future Is Threatened
by Pilirani Semu-Banda – Malawi – Over 65 percent of Malawi’s 12 million people live below the poverty line of less than $1 a day, while an additional 22 percent are categorized as “ultra-poor.” The average annual income of Malawi…
Tagged with: Africa, Arts & Culture, Economy, endangered resources, Environment, handicrafts, Malawi
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES
