Tuning surveillance software with African faces
Is Africa following China into a techno-dystopian future?
Zimbabwe
Gutting the public sector serves no one
Structural Adjustment Programs, implemented by the World Bank and IMF in developing countries, leave the administrative state especially unequipped to deal with climate change.
What if postcolonial regimes use stories of your past to justify their rule?
The post-independence fates of Zimbabwean student activists who fought the Rhodesian regime.
How to manage post-colonial African economies
For one, take economic management out of the control of neoliberal technocrats.
ZANU’s neo-liberal turn (again) and the Shutdown in Zimbabwe
How to make sense of the early 2019 protests in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwean Twitter is shifting politics
Fasting and prayer don't determine election results; and two, social media has profoundly changed the political landscape.
Eddison Zvobgo and the struggle for Zimbabwe
Eddison Zvobgo was both implicated in and a critic of Mugabe's rule. He paid for it. His niece remembers him.
It feels like 1980: On the fall of Mugabe
For Zimbabweans, we're back where we started, then. Hope, no change. Still.
Why governance will go from bad to worse in Zimbabwe
Recent events reveal the Mnangagwa administration in Zimbabwe will extend, if not intensify, the kleptocracy, corruption and repression of the Mugabe regime.
Expropriation without compensation? Ask the British.
On the eve of Zimbabwe's elections, it's worth reflecting on the British government's expropriation of Southern Rhodesia, and the mark that act left on the country 100 years later.
The lessons from Zimbabwe’s land reform for its neighbors
At this early stage, there is little to suggest that South Africa will follow the same path as Zimbabwe.
The Nelson Chamisa chimera in Zimbabwe
While entertaining, the showy presidential campaign of Zimbabwe's opposition may not amount to much on July 30th.
Does China have the power to change governments in Africa?
That China influences 'regime change' in Africa became popular after the military coup in Zimbabwe.
When is a coup a coup?
The African Union has made it a policy to challenge unconstitutional transitions of power. Why not in Zimbabwe?
After Morgan Tsvangirai — the future for opposition politics in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's splintered opposition appears poised to be out-maneuvered by the ruling ZANU-PF in elections later this year.
The folly of ‘wait-and-see’ politics in Zimbabwe
The attitude that Zimbabweans need to give Mnangagwa a chance and not be quick to criticize, is what led to Mugabe's dictatorship.
A man of the people: Morgan Tsvangirai
Tsvangirai’s legitimacy was born out of his trusted representation of workers’ interests and the charismatic force of his personality.
Asante Sana: The soundtrack to revolution
The writer, a student in New York City, on the emotional experience of living the Zimbabwe #NotCoup in real time online and away from home.
Why do so many Western Leftists defend Robert Mugabe?
Mugabe was a neoliberal stooge up until the 2000s and far from being a Pan-Africanist hero sent his army to intervene in the most rapacious war in Africa's history in the Congo.
The uncertain future for transitional justice in Zimbabwe
Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe’s newly inaugurated President, suggests that Zimbabwe is “witnessing the beginning of a new and unfolding democracy”.