Tag: Zimbabwe
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The seed and the stone: Loss in a Harare GYN clinic
Rachel ChitofuHarare, Zimbabwe In the Harare gynecology clinic, the air is thick with antiseptic and held breath. For four women today, the womb is less a sanctuary and more a ledger of what has been lost or never allowed to begin. For the first woman with late-stage HPV, a cervix surrendered to malignancy. She did…
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Cecil Rhodes: The man with a hole in his heart
There must be few people in the world who can locate with confidence Northern or Southern Rhodesia on a map of Africa. Yet these countries still exist, only the names have changed. Nor would the man who founded them win a contemporary popularity contest. In fact, his statue at the University of Cape Town was…