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BY MICHELINA ANDREUCCI Women in the Shona context were often viewed as the recipients of spiritual messages; our most notable and noble being Charwe Nehanda. The liberation struggle is the…

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The art of mbira – an instrument of resistance

3 years ago

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By DR TONY MONDA Emanating from the bowels of Zimbabwean soil, echoing atop the granite hillocks, hollering from within the foreboding caves and travelling with the winds, is the wholly…

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Out of the blues – Zimbabwe’s vast and rich avifauna heritage

3 years ago

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BY DR MICHELINA ANDREUCCI As children we were taught to sing and live with the birds. Most of us can remember the pre-school ditty: “Shiri yakanaka wuya neni -wuya, wuya,…

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Legendary Stella Chiweshe buried the traditional way

4 years ago

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Staff Writer Gwenyambira Ambuya Stella Chiweshe’s body was wrapped in a cloth while her casket was smashed as per her request before burial. The iconic Ambuya Chiweshe succumbed to brain…

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Condolences pour in for Stella Chiweshe who died of cancer

4 years ago

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Staff Writer The National Arts Council of Zimbabwe has sent condolence message following the death of gwenyambira Stella Chiweshe lovingly called Ambuya. In a statement Nicholas Moyo, the NACZ director…

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Cha Chimurenga singer Stella Chiweshe dies at age 77!

4 years ago

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Staff Writer Renowned gwenyambira Stella Chiweshe famed for the revolutionary song Cha Chimurenga has died aged 77. She passed on this morning at her Kuwadzana home in Harare, relatives have…

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VIDEO: Stella Chiweshe foretold suffering and pain in her 2009 The Speech

5 years ago

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By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Gwenyambira Stella Chiweshe once foretold that Zimbabweans would go through pain and suffering in her speech delivered way back in 2009 on her YouTube Channel before Covid-19…

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#NAMA Legends @40: Stella Rambisai Chiweshe citation

5 years ago

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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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Stella Chiweshe’s Ambuya! Climbs high on world charts

5 years ago

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By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Zimbabwe’s international gwenyambira — Stella Chiweshe’s 1980s classic album titled Ambuya! is climbing high on the world music charts in Europe. Originally released in 1987, the album…