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Sylvester Mubayi Visual Artist Belonging to the internationally acclaimed class of the first generation stone sculptors, Sylvester Mubayi was born in 1942. He joined the Tengenenge Sculpture Community in 1967 as one…

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#NAMA Legends @40: Susan Hains citation

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Susan Hains Theatre Susan Hains grew up in Harare where in her youth she studied dance and acting. She went on to study acting at the Royal Central School of…

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#NAMA Legends @40: Susan Chenjerai citation

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Susan Chenjerai Actress Belonging to that golden generation of theatre practitioners who practised what was then known as sketches (skits) that usually spiced musical performances, Susan Chenjerai was, before abandoning…

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#NAMA Legends @40: Stephen Chigorimbo citation

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Stephen Chigorimbo Director Born in 1951, Stephen Chigorimbo began film making in 1974 after landing a part alongside Christopher Lee in the movie Dracula. He quickly found himself behind the…

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#NAMA Legends @40: Stella Rambisai Chiweshe citation

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Stella Rambisai Chiweshe Musician Stella Chiweshe is undoubtedly Zimbabwe’s Queen of mbira and one of the country’s foremost cultural export. Accompanying her swooping vocals on mbira, Stella Chiweshe has taken the…

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#NAMA Legends @40: Shimmer Chinodya citation

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Shimmer Chinodya Writer Belonging to a rare class of exceptional writers, Shimmer Chinodya is a novelist born in 1964 in the City of Gweru. He can be classified as an…

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#NAMA Legends @40: Rashid Jogee citation

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Rashid Jogee Visual Artist The late Rashid Jogee was born in Bulawayo. He started painting at the age of nineteen and between 1973 to1976 Study of textile design at Mzilikazi…

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#NAMA Legends @40: Paul Chidyausiku citation

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Paul Chidyausiku Writer Born in 1927, Paul Chidyausiku is one of the revered pioneers of the literary arts genre in Zimbabwe. Indeed, he is the epitome of excellence in the…

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#NAMA Legends @40: Nkululeko Innocent Dube citation

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Nkululeko Innocent Dube Writer, Director, Choreographer Nkululeko Innocent Dube is the brains behind Inkululeko Yabatsha School of Arts (IYASA) who quit the teaching profession to venture into arts full-time. A teacher…

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#NAMA Legends@40: Phathisa Nyathi citation

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Phathisa Nyathi Writer/Historian Born in Kezi, Matobo district in Matabeleland South in 1951, Nyathi’s writing career began in 1988 with the publication of Ngilecala a short story published by the…