Articles by Tatenda Chitagu

Tatenda Chitagu is an award-winning journalist based in Zimbabwe. He works as the Zimbabwean correspondent for the Washington Post and was a journalist fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ).

Farmers rediscover benefits of traditional small grains in Zimbabwe

by Tatenda Chitagu 15 March 2022

BIKITA, Zimbabwe — Nothing seems to happen at the right time for Maria Mazambara, a communal subsistence farmer in Bikita, one of Zimbabwe's southernmost rural districts. “The seed we get…

In Zimbabwe, an irrigation project threatens a tribe’s land and trees

by Tatenda Chitagu 27 October 2021

CHILONGA, Zimbabwe — It’s taboo for Elizabeth Munene, a 37-year-old villager from Velemu village in Chilonga, a rural outpost nestled in Zimbabwe’s Lowveld area, to cut down trees indiscriminately. “We…