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very short time.
You will notice, in this issue of
Third World is a state of the mind and until we change our the magazine, that we have more
attitude as Africans, if there is a fourth, fifth and even sixth voices from Zimbabwe who
world, we will be in it. ― Patrice L.O. Lumumba
have joined us in the movement
to see a better Africa and this
I am an African. I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the
mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees, the makes us very proud that Africa
flowers, the seas and the ever-changing seasons that define the shall surely be great again.
face of our native land. – Thabo Mbeki.
Zimbabwe for us has become
a shining beacon of hope for
Africa. It gives joy to see
our Zimbabwean brother
he change we need According to data from the AU, Rutendo Matinyarare take the
in Africa will not by 2030, young Africans are battle against GMOs fighting
Tnecessarily come from expected to make up 42 per cent for the health of the African
African leaders, but it can be of the world’s youth and account people to the very doorstep
given a face by them. The truth for 75 per cent of those under of those distributing the evil
is that the unity and greatness the age of 35 in Africa. That in the continent. It pleases
of Africa and, by extension, the number, for me, is a powerhouse the heart to hear of guys like
purpose of Africa is not within of unimaginable things that can Maponga Joshua reshaping
the African Union building in happen in this continent and the cultural and social narratives
Addis Ababa (unfortunately the world, if only we go forward while giving some freshness to
building was built and donated united by a common purpose. African spirituality. Talk about
by the Chinese government to Zimbabwe’s prolific inventor
the AU) nor can it be accurately The greatness of Africa is not Maxwell Chikumbutso who
captured in the national policies just found in the historical developed a cordless powered
of the African heads of state and antecedents of the ancient past television set. His TV is
government. The purpose of but also much more found in powered by a radio frequency
Africa is written in the DNA of the minds of the Africans, both (RF) device called an MSED.
every African and the greatness young and old, who are giving And the list of such amazing
of Africa is right in the hands their best to change and redirect Zimbabweans is getting longer
of every African. So, with a the narrative of the African and it’s such a beauty to behold.
conscious ploughing of our people. There is a massive
hearts and a coming together awakening of minds in Africa When the news of Maxwell’s
of like minds, Africa will rise and if both the people and their cordless TV came out, we
to the peak of its purpose in no governments can come together reached out to him for an
time. in unity, then the sky will be a interview which we were to
stepping stone for Africa in a
have but somehow, we lost
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