Shona Proverbs and Parables

Shona Proverbs and Parables
Author: Jacob W. Chikuhwa
Publisher:
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781425999339

And We Fell Out Laughin' is a spirited collection of short stories about childhood and adolescence in retrospect by first-time author Russella Davis. Ms. Davis seeks to inspire warm thoughts of childhood in us all by sharing these witty, off-color memories about her own family. And We Fell Out Laughin' is guaranteed to deliver laughter and nostalgia about the simplicity of life and endearing relationships as seen through the eyes of a child.

Zimbabwe At The Crossroads

Zimbabwe At The Crossroads
Author: Jacob Wilson Chikuhwa
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2006-05-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1467873411

The theme of Zimbabwe at the Crossroads is on issues of governance and economic management. The story being told is how a prosperous country at independence in 1980 has virtually turned from a bread basket to a begging bowl. After the success with A Crisis of Governance: Zimbabwe, Dr Jacob Chikuhwa continues the tragic analysis of the Zimbabwean economy. An analysis set against a backdrop of growing poverty in a country with abundant human and natural resources, this book weaves together a cast of socio-economic factors that form the causes of the economic quagmire. This academic exposé brings to the fore the desperate hope for democracy and economic recovery in Zimbabwe. International donor agencies and institutions specialising in African development studies will be delighted with Jacob Chikuhwa’s latest instalment whose driving force is the statistical analysis of events in the southern African country.

A Crisis of Governance

A Crisis of Governance
Author: Jacob Wilson Chikuhwa
Publisher: Algora Publishing
Total Pages: 1106
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0875862861

An internationally-trained African economic analyst studies this former British colony''s struggle to become a viable independent state. Problems range from the need for constitutional reform to political patronage and a de facto oneparty democracy and th

Sonnets of the Mind

Sonnets of the Mind
Author: Jacob Wilson Chikuhwa
Publisher: Author House
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2013-10-23
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1491882778

Sonnets of the Mind prove that theres beauty even in the bleakest situations: pure fantasy-filled. There are men and women who cross each others paths. Some fall in love and then break the relationship without a blink and yet others break marriages and later regret the episode. But while it lasted, they let the whirl pick them up and carry them where it willed. There is the executive who indulges in lust, alcoholism, drug abuse and promiscuity which sooner or later easily take their toll. Affluence and general decay all over the place: loss, love, revelations and social intrigue are all part of the general tone in this book. And yet in some sonnets of the mind, there are monarch butterflies with wide pulsing wings all over the place and the accumulated pleasure bursts like a sprinkler. So sweet is the moment you want it to last as long as possible; forever. However, in reality, nothing lasts forever; sooner or later the spark disappears. I only hope this collection of poems will stimulate more recital and debate in different arenas, be it at educational institutions, debating arenas or cultural gatherings.

Knowledge Production and the Search for Epistemic Liberation in Africa

Knowledge Production and the Search for Epistemic Liberation in Africa
Author: Dennis Masaka
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2022-09-09
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3031079655

This book shows the importance of knowledge production using requisite terms and frameworks to the broader scheme of epistemic liberation in Africa. The text considers what this veritable direction to knowledge production would mean to other areas of concern in African philosophy such as morality, education and the environment. These contributions are important because the success of decolonising projects in African countries depend upon the methods that underpin envisioned liberative knowledge production in light of Africa’s historical and present condition. This volume appeals to students and researchers working in epistemology and African philosophy.

Business Management (A Brief Exposé)

Business Management (A Brief Exposé)
Author: Jacob W. Chikuhwa
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 105
Release: 2013-09-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1491815361

The links between manpower management, financial control and information management systems are clearly defined in Business Management (A Brief Expos) where an analysis of budgeting for manpower needed for production and marketing; basic steps in accounting procedures; and stages in data processing are expounded. It is realised that whereas the factory processes raw materials and produces goods for sale, a data processing department processes basic data and produces basic business documents and control information for management to keep them informed of events within the business. This enables them to coordinate different activities of the organisation's functional groups and to control the day-to-day transactions and be in a position to take whatever corrective action is necessary to achieve the objectives of the particular business. Furthermore, an efficient data processing system makes it possible to adjust the situation before it goes out of hand by adjusting income distribution and combating organisation inefficiency. With carefully structured data processing systems, a general method can be established for decision-making or policy-making in individual cases of manpower recruitment and development; investment projects; and income distribution. A brief description of the complexities of economic and business affairs may be necessarily misleading, but I hope that this booklet is not more misleading than the average of such materials. It is an attempt to explain the immense complexity of the real world by logical theories, which provide the student with worthwhile intellectual exercise and excitement. Business Management (A Brief Expos) offers to the professional student, the start-up entrepreneur, the small- and medium-size businessman and the business executive a preliminary survey of the fields of manpower development, accountancy and electronic data processing. The wider public, whose enlightened interest is the mainspring of social progress, may, I hope, find in its pages something to stimulate reflection upon those larger issues which must be determined, if at all, by the consensus of their opinion. The purpose of this booklet is to give the reader an insight into the way organisations emerge and grow, and the relationships between manpower management, financial management and management information systems. In particular, Business Management (A Brief Expos) will be of help to the busy Chief Executive Officer who hardly has time to read through different volumes associated with manpower management, financial control and computerised management information systems. Nevertheless, more reading and details may be found in A Handbook in Business Management by the same author. Jacob Wilson Chikuhwa has also published a number of books on Zimbabwe's socio-economic developments.

Oliver Mtukudzi

Oliver Mtukudzi
Author: Jennifer W. Kyker
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2016-10-31
Genre: Music
ISBN: 025302238X

Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, a Zimbabwean guitarist, vocalist, and composer, has performed worldwide and released some 50 albums. One of a handful of artists to have a beat named after him, Mtukudzi blends Zimbabwean traditional sounds with South African township music and American gospel and soul, to compose what is known as Tuku Music. In this biography, Jennifer W. Kyker looks at Mtukudzi's life and art, from his encounters with Rhodesian soldiers during the Zimbabwe war of liberation to his friendship with American blues artist Bonnie Raitt. With unprecedented access to Mtukudzi, Kyker breaks down his distinctive performance style using the Shona concept of "hunhu," or human identity through moral relationships, as a framework. By reading Mtukudzi's life in connection with his lyrics and the social milieu in which they were created, Kyker offers an engaging portrait of one of African music's most recognized performers. Interviews with family, friends, and band members make this a penetrating, sensitive, and uplifting biography of one of the world's most popular musicians.

Zimbabwean Mbira Music on an International Stage

Zimbabwean Mbira Music on an International Stage
Author: Mr Chartwell Dutiro
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2013-01-28
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1409493725

Chartwell Dutiro, an mbira player since childhood and a former member of the band, Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited, arrived in Britain in 1994 and has lived there ever since. He works primarily with Zimbabwean and British musicians, and, while allying himself and his music to his Shona ancestors, his music represents both tradition and its transformation. Many mbira players in Europe and America now regard him as their teacher and mentor. He has built an international following during a decade spent performing at WOMAD and the United Nations, working for refugee projects and in a vast array of education and community projects. He also performed at Live8 in 2005. This volume is a collaborative venture between musicians and academics, which builds an account of the mbira, the most important of Zimbabwe's traditional instruments. It celebrates Dutiro's musicianship, exploring his musical development and the collaborations he has been involved with, while at the same time discovering his personal, political and religious perspectives.