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What is time? A simple answer that many might give is that it is a unit that measures the passing of one moment to the next.
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Last week Thursday the world celebrated International Women’s Day under the theme “Press for Progress”. “A strong call to motivate and unite friends, colleagues and whole communities to think, act and be gender inclusive,” is how the International Women’s Day website described it.
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Breaking the tradition of this column, this week the reader shall become the watcher. On Friday, the latest instalment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, “Black Panther” was released and it warranted space on these pages.
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Christopher Farai Charamba The Reader In the spirit and tradition of making New Year resolutions, this columnist invites you to add to yours the intention to read more in 2018. To aid you on your reading journey, here is a list of 12 categories and suggestions of books you could go through.
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Christopher Farai Charamba The Reader A magical creature or item appears, call it a genie as many modern tales have come to do. It grants you three wishes. What is it that you would wish for?
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Christopher Farai Charamba The Reader As the year comes to a close it is always good for one to reflect on what it is they achieved and where they fell short during the 12 months. Many set themselves goals at the beginning of the year, resolutions that they hope to see through and changes they […]
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Christopher Farai Charamba The Reader One recently had the opportunity to tour the Scottish Parliament. The experience was quite interesting learning about how this nation without its own State operates, seeing the principle of devolution in action.
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Christopher Farai Charamba Column Name Instant gratification is a feature of 21st century society. It can be defined as the desire to experience pleasure or fulfilment without delay or deferment. Psychologists argue that there are a variety of reasons that cause people to want to experience pleasure immediately.
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Christopher Farai Charamba The Reader What makes a good reader? Is it the ability to consume hundreds of books in a year? Or perhaps a good reader is the one who can retell the story with precision soon after completing a piece of work. One is of the opinion that as numerous as there are people, there […]
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Christopher Farai Charamba The Reader The book of Revelations in the Bible is quite descriptive on what one should expect during the end days of the world. Many other religions have their own version of Armageddon, in fact, even Christians don’t agree on how exactly the end days will take place.
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Christopher Farai Charamba The Reader One finds that the best books are those that you can immediately establish a connection with. If a book should resonate then it certainly makes the reader more interested in reaching the end. This is perhaps the best approach to getting young people to develop an appetite for reading and literature. Finding […]
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Christopher Farai Charamba The Reader Last Thursday, October 5, 2017 the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro, a British writer of Japanese origin. Ishiguro penned novels such as the Man Booker Prize winning “The Remains of the Day” and the Time best novel of 2005, “Never Let Me Go”. According to the Nobel Academy Ishiguro, […]
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Christopher Farai Charamba The Reader The best books, like most forms of art, invoke a feeling in the reader. They challenge the reader to examine their emotions, thoughts and truths and these sentiments linger on in one’s being long after they have closed the last page. Or at least one seems to think they should.
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Christopher Farai Charamba The Reader The continent of Africa has 57 countries — depending of course who you ask — over 1,2 billion people, some 2 000 languages and whole range of cultural diversity.
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Christopher Farai Charamba The Reader The emigration of Africans from the continent has been an ongoing exercise for the past couple of centuries.
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