‘Nervous Conditions’ is about the lot of women…and more

by Rashmee

Posted on August 2, 2022


The first line of Tsitsi Dangarembga’s novel ‘Nervous Conditions’ is not easy to forget: “I …

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Lessons from the sub-Saharan past on how to deal with pandemics

by Rashmee

Posted on May 23, 2020


Ever wondered how humans in Africa hundreds of years ago protected themselves from pandemics? The …

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Angola, Zimbabwe, now South Africa? Africa’s new mania for orderly change

by Rashmee

Posted on February 12, 2018


Today’s ANC meeting in South Africa is simply remarkable. It illustrates the mania for orderly …

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#Zimbabwe: The coup de Grace that wasn’t. Echoes of Egypt?

by Rashmee

Posted on November 16, 2017


From Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, the country’s generals have been firm about how to read …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK