Category: Arts

By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Filmmaker Paradzai Makosa — known to many by his creative moniker, Elder Para — has a major new trophy for the shelf for TRAPPED. His short film,…

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‘A Sponsor Joins a Vision That Is Already There’: Mlalazi on Why Gospel Funding Rarely Arrives

By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka HARARE — The most persistent complaint in Zimbabwe’s gospel industry is that there is no money. Minister Everton Mlalazi has a different diagnosis: there is money, but…

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Gospel Artists Chasing Big Stages Before Building Anything, Mlalazi Warns

By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka HARARE — One of Southern Africa’s most decorated gospel artists has delivered a blunt critique of Zimbabwe’s gospel industry, warning that artists are pursuing prestige venues before…

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Expelled by Oxford, Now Hanging on Its Walls: Marechera’s Unlikely Return?

Dambudzo Marechera, Zimbabwe’s fiercely unconventional literary icon, a writer who refused intellectual obedience, rejected easy labels and transformed the turbulence of colonial and post-colonial Africa into uncompromising literature. In the…

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‘Dambudzo Marechera Gave Me HIV’: Inside Flora Veit-Wild’s Love Triangle

By Gabriel Manyati In 1987, as Harare’s Jacaranda trees shed their purple petals across the Zimbabwean capital, German scholar Flora Veit-Wild stood inside a local clinic and listened to a…

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Government Positions Mbira as Economic Driver: ‘Roots to Markets’ Theme Targets Youth Livelihoods

. . . Bira reMbira Festival to connect cultural heritage with enterprise, employment and market access By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka HARARE — The Government has positioned the mbira and Zimbabwe’s broader…

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Bira reMbira to Honour Late Mbira Icon Ambuya Stella Chiweshe

. . . Festival to pay special tribute to legendary practitioner and cultural ambassador By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka HARARE — The 3rd edition of the Bira reMbira Festival will pay special…

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Bira reMbira Returns for 3rd Edition: Glamis Arena to Host Free Cultural Extravaganza

. . . Government designates September as Mbira Month as festival prepares to honour Zimbabwe’s living heritage By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka HARARE — The 3rd edition of the Bira reMbira Festival…

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Scarlet Studios, Events Evolution to Produce NAMA Silver Jubilee