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Nelson Mutongi

Nelson Mutongi is a biographer, music analyst, literary critic, book reviewer, teacher, editor and MC. He is the author of "Hwatsvira Hwemvumvira" and "Pieces of Silver," and co-author of "Jongwe neSheche" and "Kuchema neKunakirwa" You may connect with him via email nelsonmutongi01@gmail.com |

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Opinion & Analysis2 days ago

Interview with Lead Organizer of AAMA 2026, Prince Akpah, Pan-African Solidarity and Mobilisation Lead at Africans Rising
Infrastructure before enforcement: Why Kenya's speed camera ambush breaks the social contract
Politics & Society2 weeks ago

Infrastructure before enforcement: Why Kenya’s speed camera ambush breaks the social contract
Opinion & Analysis2 weeks ago

Literature, authorship and the human voice: Andrew Chatora’s Unstoppable March of the Human Condition
Politics & Society2 weeks ago

Artificial Intelligence: Private ownership, collective risks
Politics & Society2 weeks ago

Trump’s AI ambitions demand a clearer response from Africa
Politics & Society2 weeks ago

Maputo to Host 2026 All-African Movement Assembly for Activists & Human Rights Defenders
Politics & Society1 month ago

The passport, the database and the State: Who controls digital Zimbabwe?
Politics & Society1 month ago

Wicknell Chivhayo and trying to own Zimbabwe’s conscious culture is ephemeral and futile
Opinion & Analysis1 month ago

Olu Jacobs remembered: Nollywood’s elder statesman always acted for his country
Politics & Society1 month ago

Remembering the argument for progressive national gender equality consciousness
Politics & Society1 month ago

When the Algorithm decides what we see: Who governs Africa’s digital democracy?
Politics & Society2 months ago

Zambia 2026: Beyond the ballot did SADC duck the election crisis? (SAPES Dialogue forum presentation)
Politics & Society2 months ago

Democracy in code: How digital power is reshaping sovereignty in Africa
Opinion & Analysis2 months ago

Fifa in Africa: has Gianni Infantino really helped football development?
Politics & Society2 months ago

Zambia at a crossroads: Preserving democracy beyond the ballot
Politics & Society2 months ago

Education is neither a commercial venture nor a credit facility but a basic need and a public good
Politics & Society2 months ago

The third global wave of autocratization One playbook, two instruments: Legal façades and structural decay in the world, with Indonesia and Kenya as case studies
Politics & Society2 months ago

The great ledger correction: Why cancelling the debt of the Global South is restitution, not forgiveness
Politics & Society2 months ago

Zambia’s opposition did not lose this election on the campaign trail. It lost it at the nomination desk
Politics & Society3 months ago

A mirror across the Zambezi: Why Zambia’s August 13 vote matters to Zimbabwe and SADC
Zimbabwean writer Andrew Chatora awarded for land-themed novel in New York
Opinion & Analysis3 years ago

Zimbabwean writer Andrew Chatora awarded for land-themed novel in New York
David Chasumba’s Behind the Facade & Other Short Stories: A review
Opinion & Analysis3 years ago

David Chasumba’s Behind the Facade & Other Short Stories: A review
Politics & Society3 years ago

In the face of autocracy the Togolese Civil League movement pushes for justice, accountability and democracy
Pan Africanism mural in Tanzania. Photo: Michael Branz/ CC BY 2.0
Politics & Society3 years ago

Opinion | PanAfricanists must seek a radical cure for the open wound that is the state in Africa
Andrew Chatora is an award-winning Zimbabwean author and noted exponent of the African diaspora novel.
Opinion & Analysis2 years ago

Vazhure’s Weeping Tomato: An Intrepid Tale of Interconnected Binary Opposites – A Review by Andrew Chatora
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Politics & Society3 years ago

Opinion | The Muhoozi Project is a hoax
Opinion & Analysis2 years ago

Jack Dorsey returns for the third edition of the Africa Bitcoin Conference 2024
Politics & Society2 years ago

OPINION | Kenya protests: Either we urgently push for UN-led global tax reforms, or we face more conflict
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Politics & Society3 years ago

Europe has plans for Africa’s resources, and not for Africa’s benefit
Opinion & Analysis1 year ago

Remembering an African literary icon Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o —10 quotes: Part 1
Politics & Society2 years ago

Opinion — Pan-Africanist and global development expert Brian Kagoro reiterates longstanding opposition to ZIDERA
Climate activists holding a demonstration holding placards. One placard reads "Climate Justice for All"
Politics & Society2 years ago

Climate finance for the Global North and climate reparations for the Global South
Opinion & Analysis2 years ago

Andrew Chatora on the faultlines of nation-building
Pope Francis died on 25 April 2025. Flickr
Opinion & Analysis1 year ago

Reform or retreat? The Catholic church in Africa after Pope Francis
Nelson Mandela revisiting his cell at Robben Island prison. The image was sold to support his charitable causes. Louise Gubb/Corbis via Getty Images
Politics & Society3 years ago

Nelson Mandela’s personal items under the hammer in New York? Why it outraged some, and what’s at stake
Flags of various African countries
Politics & Society3 years ago

The Africa Club launched to strengthen the continent’s financial muscle
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Opinion & Analysis2 years ago

African rugby boss Herbert Mensah lauds Boks’ global dominance
Politics & Society3 years ago

UNEA-6: Fossil fuels drive both the Plastics and Climate Crises and need an International Framework to phase them out
Politics & Society1 year ago

Samia Suluhu’s discomfiting revelation: Gender alone does not inoculate one from dictatorship and demagoguery
Opinion & Analysis3 years ago

Colonial statues in Africa have been removed, returned and torn down again – why it’s such a complex history

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