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February 2024Agritourism for Sustainable Development
Reflections from Emerging African Economies
by Brighton Nyagadza, Farai Chigora, Azizul Hassan, Admire Mthombeni, Bronson Mutanda, Collen Sabao, Dumisani Rumbidzai Muzira, Dzingai Kennedy Nyahunzvi, Edward Chinongwa, Enard Mutenheri, Ernest Mugoni, Felix Chari, Geoffrey Korir, Gilda Eyang, Gracious Mutipforo, Hellen Amunga, Jabulani Garwi, Judith Moyo, Katsande Chipo, Martin Dzapasi, Noreen Watyoka, Nyasha Tendai Makiwa, Lucyna Przezborska-Skobiej, Komborerai Wilfred Chikwape, Obert Sifile, Ranganayi Njodzi, Raymond Mapuranga, Regis Muchowe, Samulo Mutale, Sharon Chisango, Shingirai Siziba, Solomon Marime, Tendai Shelton Muwani, Tichakunda Valentine Chabata, Willard Muntanga, Yeukayi Dzapasi, Zibanai Zhou
Through the lens of African emerging economies, this text examines empirical studies and the related practices of agritourism. By looking at tourism innovation, entrepreneurship ethics and responsibility of public and private organizational stakeholders, the text promotes an understanding of how radical novel sustainable agritourism might be implemented to help society's living become more sustainable with low usage of material resources, low energy and environmental cost. Informed by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework, which emphasize the fostering of novel sustainable agritourism, the book includes: methodologies, theory, reviews, primary research findings and practice topics such as start-ups, legal aspects, CSR and digital technologies techniques and tools with global application The book will be of interest to academics and postgraduate students interested in the challenges of sustainable agritourism and African emerging economies.
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The Maestro, The Magistrate and The Mathematician
by Tendai Huchu
Three very different men struggle with thoughts of belonging, loss, identity and love as they attempt to find a place for themselves in Britain. The Magistrate tries to create new memories and roots, fusing a wandering exploration of Edinburgh with music. The Maestro, a depressed, quixotic character, sinks out of the real world into the fantastic world of literature. The Mathematician, full of youth, follows a carefree, hedonistic lifestyle, until their three universes collide. In this carefully crafted, multi-layered novel, Tendai Huchu, with his inimitable humour, reveals much about the Zimbabwe story as he draws the reader deep into the lives of the three main characters.
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March 2021The Library of the Dead
by T. L. Huchu
When ghosts talk, she will listen . . . Ropa dropped out of school to become a ghost talker - and she now speaks to Edinburgh’s dead, carrying messages to the living. A girl’s gotta earn a living, and it seems harmless enough. Until, that is, the dead whisper that someone’s bewitching children – leaving them husks, empty of joy and life. It’s on Ropa’s patch, so she feels honour-bound to investigate. But what she learns will change her world. She'll dice with death (not part of her life plan . . .), discovering an occult library and a taste for hidden magic. She'll also experience dark times. For Edinburgh hides a wealth of secrets, and Ropa’s gonna hunt them all down.
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Walking Meditation
by Shionuma Ryojun
Walking Meditation is a lighthearted, refreshing read, full of easy-to-use practices, relatable advice, and down-to-earth observations about the challenges of living as a twenty-first century human being. Japanese Buddhist priest Shionuma Ryojun’s (b. 1968) inspiration for writing Walking Meditation was born of a grinding monastic regimen undertaken deep in an alpine wilderness, but this is actually a book that speaks directly to readers living normal lives in the modern world. To address these challenges, Walking Meditation offers a “step by step” guide to integrating walking meditation into daily life, while also offering poignant tips for cultivating practical wisdom, harmonious relationships, and abiding inner peace. Shionuma Ryojun rose to prominence after completing the “Omine Sennichi Kaihōgyō” in 1999. The Omine Sennichi Kaihōgyō is a 1,000-day circumambulatory hike atop Mt. Omine, a mountain with an elevation of 1,719 meters in Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. Initiated in the seventh century by a Buddhist priest in the Tendai sect named En-no-Gyoja, this ascetic tradition is so grueling that Shionuma had to walk 48 kilometers and endure elevation changes of 1,200 meters during each circuit. The circumambulation’s strictures required Shionuma to stop to recite the Heart Sutra at 118 stations each day, and also stipulate that the years-long ritual cannot be interrupted even to recover from illness or injury. Those who break their commitments to the Kaihōgyō are expected to commit ritual suicide on the spot, using either the rope or knife that must be carried at all times for precisely this purpose. While walking the Kaihōgyō, Shionuma began his daily peregrinations at 12:30am, following a routine that allowed him only four and a half hours of sleep per day. This gargantuan undertaking took him to the brink of death, as he experienced such grave malnutrition that he lost his fingernails and toenails, as well as a bout of influenza that caused him to lose consciousness on the trail and nearly abandon his goal, as well as his life. Shionuma experienced remarkable tribulations throughout his spiritual quest, including vivid hallucinations of hellish and heavenly beings, before gradually arriving at a pristine perception of reality. Upon completing the Kaihōgyō, he then undertook a nine-day, sleepless and waterless fast, called the “Four Nothings,” or Shimugyo in Japanese. These accomplishments earned him the title of Dai Ajari (a term derived from the Sanskrit acharya, meaning “senior teacher”) and made him an internationally sought-after Buddhist teacher. Writing in a friendly, conversational tone, Shionuma introduces a form of walking meditation—or “walking Zen”—that can be easily integrated into almost anybody’s daily routine. Walking meditation’s three central pillars are “Walking with Remorse,” “Walking with Gratitude,” and “Sitting in Meditation, Facing Ourselves, Right This Moment.” The first two steps can easily be combined with one’s daily commute to and from work, or with an early morning or evening constitutional. Eschewing complicated terminology, Shionuma uses simple terms to explain how these exercises use of the rhythms of a daily stroll to calm our minds and help us recognize that we have all harmed other beings, as well as been helped by them. This observation is far from negativistic, and Shionuma teaches us how, by quietly reflecting upon our debts as we walk, we can generate life-changing feelings of positivity, gratitude, and responsibility. The final step, performed seated, does not require marathon sessions of cross-legged sitting. Rather, it is a way of concluding sessions of moving meditation with brief intervals of physical and mental stillness, in which we simply look upon who we are in the present moment. Readers of Walking Meditation will be struck by the book’s crisp and unadorned style. It is no wonder that Shionuma Ryojun mentions “danshari,” which became an international sensation after the publication of Marie Kondo’s book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing in 2014. Although Shionuma does mention the mental benefits of actual tidying, his approach to danshari comes with a Buddhist twist—he focuses on how we can use its ethos to clear the clutter from our minds, our relationships, and our lifestyles. Fully aware that no life comes without its frustrations and setbacks, Shionuma devotes much of Walking Meditation to sharing tips on how to face life challenges both big and small. The “mental exercises” he offers can all be integrated with the practice of walking meditation. They help readers to break the habit of reacting to annoyances in excessively complicated ways, when in fact simple, positive reactions (such as offering “one smile a day” to ones nemesis) are often enough to turn over a new leaf in a relationship. Finally, Walking Meditation is not meant to be enjoyed by Buddhist readers alone. Shionuma Ryojun carefully explains that the practices contained in this book do not require any specific religious beliefs, but that they do help generate two things that all religions are based on: wisdom and compassion. Additionally, while walking meditation is something that can be done in the middle of any metropolis, Shionuma emphasizes the benefits of doing this practice in nature whenever possible. Outdoor enthusiasts will be pleased to find that this book’s teachings give them a new way to connect to the natural world, much as the author did each day that he walked the Kaihōgyō deep in the mountains of Japan.
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October 2020Moving On and other stories from Zimbabwe
by Raisedon Baya, Patricia Brickhill, Gamu Chamisa, Murenga Joseph Chikowero, John Eppel, Adrian Fairbairn, T.L. Huchu, Donna Kirstein, Bongani Kona, Christopher Kudyahakudadirwe, Ignatius Mabasa, Barbara Mhangami-Ruwende, Christopher Mlalazi, Mzana Mthimkhulu, Blessing Musariri, Togara Muzanenhamo, Melissa Tandiwe Myambo, Thabisani Ndlovu, Tariro Ndoro, Bryony Rheam
Moving On bristles with the talent of writers from Zimbabwe, The sixth in the Short Writings series, this collection brings together twenty of Zimbabwe’s finest storytellers, from across Zimbabwe and the diaspora. Many of the characters in this anthology are themselves moving on: from the chains of the past, from the loss of loved ones, from long-held beliefs, some from life itself.
