China’s miracle at home, catastrophe in Africa
I RECENTLY travelled to China as a sceptical African observer, shaped by years of watching what I once described as exploitative relationships between Chinese enterprises and African communities.
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African mass markets demonstrate the value of contextualising gender issues
Generally, African communities develop in their ecosystem based on embedded strong traditional relationships. As indigenous ecosystems, African markets do not have one definition.
By Charles Dhewa
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Bringing back dignity to African farming systems through mass markets
Depending on food aid or cash transfers is one major way African communities continue to lose their dignity.
By Charles Dhewa
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How far can imperfect knowledge go in generating solutions?
Farmers tend to be very suspicious of processing enterprises from which they are excluded in value added products.
By Charles Dhewa
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Enriching climate change discourses with indigenous knowledge perspectives
Although largely undocumented, most African communities have traditionally protected IKS through their own structures such as capacities within the old generation.
By Charles Dhewa
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Feature: Imagination comes to reality. . . as Chegutu school migrates from tree shades to modern classrooms
Zvamaida is a rural primary school in Chegutu and learning took place under tree shades.
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The artist’s shield: Navigating the minefields of Zimbabwe’s music industry
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The timing of development and the choice of path: Observations from a comparative perspective
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Beyond the minerals mafia narrative: African sovereignty and strategic partnership
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