In a scathing social media response that has ignited a firestorm of debate, prominent Zimbabwean politician and activist Linda Masarira has taken a direct aim at U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Reacting to Rubio’s recent foreign policy assertions, Masarira described his stance as a display of “diplomatic arrogance” and a confession that international law is only relevant to the United States when it aligns with its own interests.
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Distorted Culture is Not Tradition: Reclaiming the True Meaning of Lobola and Polygamy
There is a growing and disturbing trend where some African men, under the guise of culture, are justifying abuse, infidelity, and control over women. One of the greatest misconceptions is around the sacred practice of lobola. Too many men today wrongly believe that the payment of lobola is a transaction to buy a wife, leading to a false sense of ownership, control, and power over her. This misconception has bred emotional, physical, and economic abuse in some marriages, and worse still, normalized cheating as “seeking new wives.”