WhatsApp has come in to fill the void
WhatsApp has come in to fill the void”: In Zimbabwe, the future of news is messaging. In Zimbabwe, multiple internet blackouts enforced by the government amid protests the week of January 19 brought the country’s social media sites and cities to a halt. Chatter in WhatsApp groups became eerily still in an online social landscape where almost half […]
For Tweet Mocking Mugabe, New Jersey Woman Could Face 20 Years in Prison
HARARE, Zimbabwe — A young American woman living in Zimbabwe will be tried on charges of attempting to overthrow the government of Zimbabwe with a tweet mocking President Robert Mugabe, the world’s oldest head of state. The arrest of the woman, Martha O’Donovan, 25, has raised fears that the Zimbabwean government is stepping up efforts […]
Amid Reported Coup, Zimbabwe’s National Police Continue to Crack Down on Free Speech
Even as Zimbabwe’s army seized power in the nation’s capital of Harare earlier this week, placing President Robert Mugabe under house arrest, the country’s national police force continued to go after dissidents who criticize the dictator, who has been in power for 37 years. Comedian and rapper Samm Monro, co-creator of the progressive Magamba Network, announced via Twitter […]
Laughing at power in Zimbabwe.
Comrade Fatso, the co-founder of the Magamba Network, reflects on how satire, hip hop and youth activism are paving the way for democracy in Zimbabwe. Read More
Magamba TV produces political satire for a social media-connected generation.
“On the one hand, we know that quite a few government ministers actually watch our stuff….So these dudes, they do watch it, to get a sense of what young people are thinking. Read More
The satirists and comics who stood up to Mugabe.
Who owns civic space?
Comrade Fatso and Outspoken met each other at a poetry slam in Harare, Zimbabwe. The two hip hop and spoken word artists started working together organizing live poetry events while running a youth network in between gigs at the same time. They soon realized more and more young people wanted to get involved. Their alliance, Magamba […]
Will Zimbabwe KeepItOn during the upcoming election?
Guest post by Koliwe Majama, a Zimbabwean media, information, communications, and technologies consultant with over 15 years experience working in civil society lobby and advocacy. The internet has exploded and may, in the few hours remaining before the poll on Monday, decide who takes the jackpot. Zimbabwe is going into a make-or-break election to choose its […]
