Category: Relationships
Dating, marriage, divorce, partners, gender expectations
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If Zimbabweans Were Given the UK, Would We Need Visas Back Home?
A country-swap joke asks whether Zimbabweans would ruin the UK. The replies raise a sharper question: are people criticising leadership, or losing faith in…
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How Could We Prioritise Roll-On When I Had No Shoes?
The ridicule surrounding Zimbabweans and body odour overlooks an important history. For some people raised in poor rural households, roll-on was not rejected. It…
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Ndau in the Classroom: Must Protecting One Language Mean Removing Another?
“Anoda kuzoreketa nani chindau chakona?” Who will he speak that Ndau to? One reply supplied a short answer: “Neni.” That exchange captures something easily…
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She Left Zimbabwe at Seven. More Than 60 Years Later, She Wants to Go Back
Caron left the country of her birth as a child and has never returned. Her plan to visit Zimbabwe in 2027 prompted excitement, warnings…
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Can a Zimbabwean Marriage Be Complete Without Children?
She adores children but questions whether she wants to give birth or become a parent. Are there Zimbabwean men who would choose marriage without…
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She Asked Almost Nothing About Him: Was the Perth Date Shy, Uninterested—or Simply Observing?
He asked most of the questions and received few in return. Some said she was not interested. Others insisted she was studying everything he…
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£1,700 for a Sick Cat: When Zimbabwean Workers Meet Britain’s Pet-Family Culture
The cat was admitted, given a bed and discharged with antibiotics after a reported £1,700 bill. To some Zimbabweans it was absurd; to pet…
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“He’ll Start Being Clean When We Marry”: Is Marriage a Partnership—or a Rehabilitation Centre?
He ate beef in bed, licked his fingers and promised to become cleaner after marriage. Was it one unpleasant habit—or a preview of the…
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Is It Really Harder to Find Love as a Professional Zimbabwean Woman Abroad?
For many Zimbabweans, moving abroad is supposed to expand your world. There are new cities, new careers, new people and opportunities that might once…