By Kundai Marunya
LAST week, the Zimbabwe Council of Copyright (ZICCO) launched a farming enterprise involving cultivating sugar beans on a six-hectare plot in Nyabira. The project aims to improve the livelihoods of over 2 000 members, including musicians, songwriters, composers and producers. ZICCO...
By Simon Ngena
ONE of Zimbabwe's most respected mbira players and vocalists, Chiwoniso Maraire, died on July 24, 2013 of suspected pneumonia at South Medical Centre, Chitungwiza. She was 37. Born on March 5, 1976, in Olympia, Washington, US, the mbira icon would have...
By Fidelis Manyange
REGGAE legend Bob Marley has the distinction of being the first global superstar to perform in a free Zimbabwe at Rufaro Stadium on the eve of independence in April 1980.
No doubt, Zimbabweans were privileged to see Marley, a politically and socially influential...
By Tapiwa Nyati
THE highly anticipated Creative Economy Week Zimbabwe was officially launched today, bringing together a dynamic mix of artists, musicians, designers and innovators under the theme: ’Growth Re-imagined’. This year’s edition promises to celebrate creativity, collaboration and economic opportunities in Zimbabwe’s thriving arts sector.
The event will be held in Harare and Bulawayo,...
By Fidelis Manyange
“This world is not my homeI'm just a-passing throughMy treasures are laid upSomewhere beyond the blue
“The angels beckon meFrom heaven's open doorAnd I can't feel at homeIn this world anymore
“Oh Lord, you knowI have no friend like youIf heaven's not my homeThen...
By Fidelis Manyange
A NEW wave of young musicians is breathing fresh life into Zimbabwe’s traditional mbira music, making it appealing to younger audiences accustomed to dancehall and hip-hop.
Artistes such as Vee Mhofu, Andy Muridzo, Jah Prayzah, Nancy Mutize, Sasha Madhuve, Hope Masike and Diana...
By Fidelis Manyange
‘HEYO NHORO’ was the opening jingle to the programme ‘Zvisikwa Zvesango’ on ZBC Radio 2, now Radio Zimbabwe presented by Grey Gambiza Moyo in the 1990s.
The track was performed by Epworth-based teachers and residents who included Herbert Simemeza (the only surviving member),...
By Fidelis Manyange
AMERICAN singer-songwriter, performance artiste and actress Lady Gaga, born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, is best known for her flamboyant and bizarre stage costumes.
In 2010 she famously wore a dress made entirely of raw beef to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, which...
By Fidelis Manyange
WHILE some performing and other artistes are using this time of the year to take a break from the stage, others are composing, rehearsing and perfecting their act. A good example is author Elias Machemedze, who wrote ‘Herbert W. Chitepo: The...
By Fidelis Manyange
WE are two weeks into December, a month synonymous with Christmas celebrations worldwide, at in the so-called Christian world. In Zimbabwe, for millions of people who believe in the Virgin Birth, Christmas Day often starts with a special church service, and...
By Fidelis Manyange
MATABELELAND is poorer without its two giants in the cast of Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu, a revolutionary, accomplished writer, historian and a leader par excellence as well as Pathisa Nyathi, a repository of history, renowned novelist, cultural practitioner, publisher and founder of...
By Fidelis Manyange
IT was rude awakening for the prophets of doom who had written off last weekend’s ‘Bira Rembira’ at Gwanzura Stadium, Highfield, as a ‘non-event’.Held under the theme “Our Identity, Our Pride; Bringing out the Humanity in our Culture and Heritage,” the event...
