The World Loves a Broken Africa

Would it be too far fetched for me to assume that the world benefits from a broken Africa? If I was even so bold as to imply that an Africa in turmoil bodes well for a world economy that is sustained in part by the...

The Assasination of Obama

I was listening to the Ron Reagan Show a week or two ago and one of his guests said something rather profound and interesting. Her statement somewhat suggested the following, "Since certain fringes within...

Why Kanye, Why

First and foremost let it be known that I did not watch the VMAs because I had better things to do like seeing what else was on TV. I've boycotted anything remotely related to MTV voters since that night Twilight...

Fat Chicks

I rue the day a woman looked into a mirror and felt fat for the first time; I regret the moment Oprah decided to loose some pounds because all of a sudden half of America felt inadequate. I pity the aspiring TV ...

Jesus is a Democrat

Understand that although I write with intellectual assertion, this note, like many others is sprinkled with deliberate broad strokes of the brush and Euphemisms; a writing style that can often be mischaracterized...

The African vs. the African American

It's a tension Unspoken; a love-hate relationship that often pits the African experience against the African American experience. It often lurks undetected but like a Mamba slithering through the tall wispy...

Zimbabwe: Is Makoni now an option?

Zimbabwe's Former Finance Minister and Zanu PF politburo member, Simba Makoni, launched his Mavambo-Kusile-Dawn (MKD) last week. As Finance Minister he was known as the voice of reason during Zimbabwe's spiral into...

The Day I Met Michael Jackson

Bob Marley once sang "One good thing about music, when it hits you fell no pain". There are songs that make your mind drift into day dreams and wonder endlessly in the corridors of your imagination; songs that...

The Exorcism of Robert Mugabe

There are times when us Zimbabweans/Africans become content with being the victim. Haunted by an unforgiveable past imposed on us by the burdens of imperialist conquest we find ourselves held captive by the...

Lord Save Me From Your Followers

If Christians gave out membership cards we'd be irked by some of the unsavory characters we'd share our Club House with as we made our way through a crowded lounge area. We'd rub shoulders with child molesting...

Zimbabwe & the illusion of a New Era

There comes a turning point with every nation and civilization where the status quo has to be re-invented; for one society it was at the point when prisoner number 46664 was released from Robben...

The Prejudice Within Us All

Two weeks ago pro-choice and abortion providing doctor, George Tiller was fatally shot in his Wichita Church by Scott Roeder, an anti-abortion activist who felt he was doing God's work by assasinating Tiller. A week...

Interracial, Intergender & Intercultural Relationships II

The whole notion that race, culture, religion or gender should be a barrier or standard by which people are segmented or categorized with relation to whom they can or cannot date is absurd. Absurd in the sense we...

Rebranding Zimbabwe?

My initial intention was to write something motivational; to create metaphors so uplifting, present ideas so empowering, piece together sentences & passages so inspirational Obama himself would read with...