The Thinking Savannah

The Hand That Feeds, The Hand That Kills

Human beings are not simple moral machines. Life is too complicated for that. But perhaps the biggest mistake we have made is not that we imagined good…

May 17 • Tapiwa Kufahakurotwe

March 2026

The Washbay

Three cars sat in the washbay — 43, 46, and 45 years old. Older than many institutions that promised progress. And yet, they run. Standing there with a…

Mar 2 • Tapiwa Kufahakurotwe

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August 2025

The Mapmaker’s Mistake

Colonial Cartography and Identity

Aug 19, 2025 • Tapiwa Kufahakurotwe

Faith, Culture, and the Death of the Living Sacred

Faith is a fundamental aspect of being human.

Aug 14, 2025 • Tapiwa Kufahakurotwe

When Names Fall From the Sky

The Invention of the Shona - Part 1

Aug 11, 2025 • Tapiwa Kufahakurotwe

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On Fear, Dogs, and the Responsibilities of Being Human

A Public Statement

Aug 10, 2025 • Tapiwa Kufahakurotwe

Mapping the Generational Recovery of African Identity

“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.”

Aug 8, 2025 • Tapiwa Kufahakurotwe

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Lessons from Cain and Abel

On Why God Might Not Be Vegetarian

Aug 6, 2025 • Tapiwa Kufahakurotwe

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Where the Road Cuts Through the Sacred

Memory, Belief, and the Accidents We Don’t See

Aug 4, 2025 • Tapiwa Kufahakurotwe

The Flea Market Negotiator - Conclusion

The Better You, The Better Deal

Aug 3, 2025 • Tapiwa Kufahakurotwe

African Blood

The Ritual Codes of Yugen Blakrok

Aug 1, 2025 • Tapiwa Kufahakurotwe

July 2025

What Are African Universities For?

“The true measure of education is not what we remember, but what we restore.”

Jul 30, 2025 • Tapiwa Kufahakurotwe