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Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:19:18 +0200

Video

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:35:35 +0200

"To acknowledge our ancestors means we are aware that we did not make ourselves. We remember them..."

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:33:08 +0200

“To acknowledge our ancestors means we are aware that we did not make ourselves. We remember them because it is an easy thing to forget; that we are not the first to suffer, rebel, fight, love and die. The grace with which we embrace life, in spite of the pain, the sorrows, is always a measure of what has gone before.”

- - Alice Walker, “In These Dissenting Times” (via variationalbeings)

"If you think pubic hair on a woman is unnatural or weird, you aren’t mature enough to be touching..."

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:31:49 +0200

“If you think pubic hair on a woman is unnatural or weird, you aren’t mature enough to be touching vaginas.”

- Stoya (via war-s)

This.
(via kingxnova)

"I want an incisive, inquisitive, insightful, irreverent mind. I want someone for whom philosophical..."

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:08:08 +0200

“I want an incisive, inquisitive, insightful, irreverent mind. I want someone for whom philosophical discussion is foreplay. I want someone who sometimes makes me go ouch due to their wit and evil sense of humor. I want someone that I can reach out and touch randomly. I want someone I can cuddle with. I decided all that means that I am sapiosexual..”

- (via thechocolateletter)

Happy Tehn Diamond ft Jnr Brown AARGH! there’s so much I...

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 10:08:00 +0200

Happy Tehn Diamond ft Jnr Brown

AARGH! there’s so much I want to say about this video..I LOVE THIS SONG!…the first time I heard it was at Zwagga night, Kdagga (?) and some kids were doing a great bounce which is now forever burned on my brain because I keep trying (and failing) to do it.

Videos sell songs, not the other way around. We all know that these are two very talented artists, but this video doesn’t do the song (or them) justice. Where are the extreme close ups and individual performance shots? Why aren’t there people dancing? Where’s the fight Tehn’s rhyming about?

There needs to be more to the video, it’s supposed to tell the story, or portray a mood/ feeling. it is not enough to have MC’s looking cool (sans bottles..but now I’m being petty) by the bar, and pretty girls and breasts on screen.

Great quality, needs a better concept.

An excerpt from the poem And we must have been playing house...

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:28:00 +0200

An excerpt from the poem

And we must have been playing house
That’s the only way to explain it
When the tortured psyche of a people
Somehow becomes worldwide entertainment
“The gripping horror story of Apartheid
And how the ‘rainbow nation’ overcame it”
Over 300 years of oppression
Squeezed into 15 minutes of fame, and
Lights! Camera! Action!
Cue
My African Dream
Madiba Jive
And a bunch of smiling natives
Dancing happily off
Into the Sunshine Clause
With Apartheid perpetrators

Aaand, cut! Lights dim
Then reality sets in
All this country ever does is break our hearts
Which is by way of the fact
That a house divided against itself cannot stand
With a back door
Revealing black & white rainbows
That contain no pots of gold

We live
Under glass ceilings
With the catch phrase “economic freedom”
Flashing in bold
And windows that show
Us bartering ballot papers against our souls

THIS is the house that we built

Sticks and stones
And misogynistic men
Do not for good walls make
When all they do is break
And burden our foundation
Which is
Our women
While politicians cash in building blocks
And leave us with 17 years of promises to hold
We express dissent, yet continue to rock
As if we could ever construct anything solid
With the question marks we are being sold

This is the house that we built

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Reblogged from isthisafrica.com see the full post here

Mocambique

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:54:55 +0200

Combi in Beira

Fishermen on the beach

Mocambique

I was pleasantly surprised by this the other day, when I found...

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:46:40 +0200

I was pleasantly surprised by this the other day, when I found it, randomly in a notebook I took to Brazil. The artist is Junior Lopes.

Chimoio photos Chimoio was largely populated by refugees, women...

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:11:24 +0300

Chimoio photos

Chimoio was largely populated by refugees, women and children who had crossed the border to escape Rhodesia, thus a majority of those who were killed were defenceless refugees.

The trained guerillas who were in the camp had been disarmed on order of the commanding officers the night before. When Rhodesian forces arrived they faced very little resistance.

While the Memorial Wall lists roughly 300 names, most of those who died at Chimoio will never be known.

There has never been an official agreement of the death toll.

Photo

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:44:32 +0300

The War Vet

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:34:03 +0300

He sits in silence
legs twitching
poisoned from a war long past
quieting the noises
in his head
watching dark days
on cerebral celluloid
flickering through time.

Tumi and the Volume ft ZUBZ, Stunner’s show on the Coke...

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:53:14 +0300

Tumi

Tumi and Zubz on the Main Stage

Zubz

Stunner on the Coke Green

Tuku and Ishmael Lo

Gavin Peter

Tuku

Tumi and the Volume ft ZUBZ, Stunner’s show on the Coke Green, Gavin Peter and the closing show with Tuku and Ismael Lo..now which Zimbabwean doesn’t love them some Tuku?

..Alkamai and Mariachi (Alka-Yachi from this moment forward)...

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:51:00 +0300

..Alkamai and Mariachi (Alka-Yachi from this moment forward) performed on the Coca Cola Green. They put on an impressive (LIVE BAND..nuffsaid) and very energetic show. I’m sad that local HIPHOP tends to get relegated to the Coke Green and never makes it to paid venues like the Global Stage..or how about some INNOVATION HIFA and creating a paid venue specifically for local bands? Our young ‘urban’ music artists have grown since Jonathan Moyo’s 100% local policy (with thanks in part due to it). #supportlocalmusic

My favorite pictures from this year’s HIFA opening show....

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:22:23 +0300

My favorite pictures from this year’s HIFA opening show. (there’s more here) I finally figured out how to take pictures sans flash..which is awesome..although my flash-dependency is trying to make a come back.

pambana: UniAfrica. by Jasmine Edo

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:26:06 +0300

pambana:

UniAfrica. by Jasmine Edo

"Business and politics can never be separated. You have to be affiliated to the correct political..."

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:41:50 +0300

“Business and politics can never be separated. You have to be affiliated to the correct political party and know the right people to pursue while you are at it. When I started the AAG 20 years ago, I told some of my friends that I support Zanu PF and they ignored me. Right now most of them are poor because they did not follow my advice.”

- Phillip Chiyangwa speaking at MSU via Daly News.

Is this true? what about Masiyiwa who had to sue the government in order to operate? and Chanakira who despite his political connections still lost to Moxon? How did their political connections help them?

Roads & Chapters: "The Google I left was an advertising company with a single corporate-mandated focus"

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:27:41 +0200

Roads & Chapters: "The Google I left was an advertising company with a single corporate-mandated focus":

kabweza:

I read “Why I left Google” yesterday and as usual, didn’t enjoy being told my favourite tech company should not be. The guy basically says Google sold its soul to ad dollars.

I disagreed of course. And to convince myself the guy was just plain wrong I observed that even though the guy was…

Just watched the trailer for Sinners the movie..(THEY’RE...

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:59:35 +0200

Just watched the trailer for Sinners the movie..(THEY’RE MAKING A MOVIE?!?)

From the Trailer it looks as though the movie is going to be action-packed, hilarious and entertaining just like the play

Favourite line so far: “Hatisi mahure…we are business people!”

Love it!

Police Roadblock info

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:57:47 +0200

From the Kubatana Newsletter:

Road Blocks

Zimbabwe Republic Police - Public Relations

The National complaints line is (04) 703631 (24 HOUR Service)

If you feel that while you are being questioned or searched at a roadblock, the police officers involved have harassed you, hinted for bribes, or been generally aggressive, you are advised to contact the ZRP hotline above.

The intention is for all ZRP details to have their rank, name and numbers on their uniforms but with current constraints this is not always possible. Each Police detail has a force number, which should be given out if requested.

It should be noted that there is no such thing as spot fines, without an OFFICIAL RECEIPT, that is Form Z69 (j) Admission of Guilt. Many Road Blocks carry Z69 (j) for the convenience of the public. Should it be inconvenient to pay immediately, a “ticket” on Form 265 for payment at a Police Station within 7 days should be requested. Failure to report to a Police Station within 7 days once Form 265 is issued will lead to prosecution.