Harare North "ngozi", an avenging spirit in Shona culture, which normally afflicts one who has murdered an innocent person. It is essentially the dramatisation of trauma, resulting in what modern psychology calls Dissociative Identity Disorder. In this way Chikwava explores the trauma suffered by young men who joined the militia in Zimbabwe and committed atrocities for their political masters. Throughout the story, the narrator and his friend, or host body, are tied together by a number of motifs, some of them ambivalent. These include "Harare North" was longlisted for the 2010 Orwell Prize for political writing. Harare North Harare North is a
Capital punishment by country and not repeated here. Capital punishment by country The following is a summary of the use of capital punishment by country. Globally, 56 countries retain capital punishment, 106 countries have completely abolished it "de jure" for all crimes, 8 have abolished it for ordinary crimes (while maintaining it for special circumstances such as war crimes), and 28 are abolitionist in practice. Historically, capital punishment has been used in almost every part of the world. Currently, the large majority of countries have either abolished or discontinued the practice. Japan has the highest inequality-adjusted HDI (Human Development Index, of the United Nations