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Nehanda Re-ImaginedTafadzwa Tarumbwa - June 20, 20220

Tora Gidi Uzvitonge

It’s rather unfortunate that the only visual reference that most Africans have of their history mostly come from colonial documents, and old...

Fine ArtMudiwa Marasa - June 20, 20220

Ambuya Nehanda In All Her Glory

I want my art to explore the fantasy of what if we treated women the same way we treated men. Would ambuya...

LiteratureNyadzombe Nyampenza - June 20, 20220

Desires And Archetypes

The image of Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana is bitterly etched into the collective consciousness of Zimbabwe. It comes from a photograph that was...

MusicPauline Gundidza - June 20, 20220

Handikanganwe Mbuya Nehanda

POVO Afrika · Pauline - Handikanganwe Mbuya Nehanda Just a girl in the world and you had to be...

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WomanhoodPOVO Staff - June 3, 20190

African Women African Bodies

The 21st century has seen the increase of organisations, activists and individuals rising up against the society...

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A time to Project and Pro-Act new images, sounds and Narratives? Black Detroit

Masimba Hwati - February 8, 2016 0

I come from a school of thought that people gravitate towards that which is constantly projected before them. The Zezuru people in...

Culture

Kuchava riniko…?

Tinashe Muchuri - October 21, 2015 0

Nguva zhinji ndinozvibvunza kuti, “Kuchava rini kuti uvaranomwe hweShona huwane kusununguka”. Mukuramba ndichizvibvunza mubvunzo uyu, ndinoona kuti handisini ndoga ndine dambudziko rimwe...

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Nehanda Re-ImaginedPOVO Staff - June 20, 20220

Introduction to Nehanda Re-magined

The Nehanda Re-Imagined initiative is a project to revive and re-imagine depictions and the legacy of Mbuya Nehanda in their plurality and...

Nehanda Re-Imagined

Let The Dead Die

Ryan Chokureva - June 20, 2022 0

That’s it, that’s my take on the Nehanda statue fallout or fall-in. Let’s let the dead die. Let me illustrate something, to...

Nehanda Re-Imagined

Wigi yaMbuya Nehanda

Ignatius T. Mabasa - June 20, 2022 0

Vamwe mai nemwanasikana wavo vasvika pandiri naSamora naNyerere Vanditarisa vachizvitora mapikicha, mai vati, “Nehanda bho here?”

Nehanda Re-Imagined

Charwe Nyakasikana (C. 1840 – 1898)

Archibald Mathibela - June 20, 2022 0

Charwe Nyakasikana is a Zezuru spirit medium who was born in 1840, in the Chishawasha District of Central Mashonaland. She was a...

Nehanda Re-Imagined

Chii Chamuri Kuona?

Patrick Mugadura - June 20, 2022 0

When l was creating the artwork l faced this problem- l didn’t know what Nehanda looked like. So l tried to find...

POVOKonvo

Hip HopBaynham Goredema - August 17, 20140

Kuda Musasiwa – Whats Beef?

What is the main motivation of beef in Zimbabwe? Nil. There is no real...

POVOKonvoRobert Machiri - September 28, 20140

Mafriq and Xtra Large – Influence of music in Zimbabwe

In the quest to find out what Zimbabwean 'yute' is up to and how it is contributing...

POVOKonvoBaynham Goredema - October 12, 20110

Aura the Poet – From film to slam poetry

POVO: I am here with Aura at the Crowne Plaza for POVO, Aura how are you doing?AURA: I...

POVOKonvoBaynham Goredema - March 23, 20110

The genesis – POVOKonvo with Edith WeUtonga

It is no wonder that Edith we Utonga is one of few musicians in very high demand...

POVOKonvoBaynham Goredema - February 3, 20100

Who is Hope? POVOKonvo with Hope Masike

Tell us a bit about yourself?I grew up in a family of 9 children - 2 boys...

HIFABaynham Goredema - February 3, 20100

Thoughts on Zimbabwe – POVOKonvo with Hope Masike

What do you think of the current state of Zimbabwe?Hmmm I know my name is Hope and...

Hip HopBaynham Goredema - May 28, 20100

Outspoken – The future of Zimbabwe

POVO: what are your thoughts on the state of the nation and the future?OUT: I don't know where...

Hip HopPOVO Staff - October 6, 20150

Slik Thug – My league is in SAHipHop

True to the belief amongst many that everything is big and better in South Africa, many artists...

POVOKonvoTafadzwa Gutsa - September 22, 20150

Tafadzwa Gutsa – Pioneering Industrial Design in Zimbabwe

You say industrial Design is unknown in Zimbabwe. Can you explain what it involves?Well, at its most...

POVOKonvoBaynham Goredema - December 23, 20160

Never Lundu – Zimbabwe Cricket’s Bat Doctor

The Beginning I was born in Chitungwiza in 1991 and that’s where I live....

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FestivalsBaynham Goredema - September 25, 20110

Shoko Festival 2011 – Make It Happen

The press conference was held at the Alliance Francaise and was hosted by Outspoken of Magamba Network. Very few people were in...

LiteratureKate Chambers - February 18, 20160

The Blessing of Books

I started asking for and donating books in Zimbabwe back in late 2010. I was traveling along the Mutare to Masvingo road...

CreativityLinda Gabriel - December 14, 20160

State of Poetry in Zimbabwe

When I got onto the poetry scene around 2005, times were very exciting, there was some revolution going on so we were...

Hip HopmUnetsi mUnetsi - January 12, 20140

The Longest Freestyle – Zimbabwe

mUsain Bolt - The longest freestyle by a Zimbabwean rapper weighing in at 59mins - 22sec. Its fitting that title is carried...

SocietyRodrick Longwe - November 23, 20140

Take a deep breath and take on Zimbabwe

More and more I am finding myself in frustrating situations and I ask myself if I am the only one experiencing this...

SocietyThamsanqa Mawerera - November 12, 20150

Relationship Compatibility

Before I delve into this delicate, great subject I need you as the reader to make sure that you have an open...

Music

The Place Of Women Musicians In Zimbabwe

Batsirai Chigama - September 12, 2016 0

After a recent debate sparked by Tinashe Mutero’s article, “Is there a place for women among Zimbabwe’s Big Five,” this question may well be put to rest as the women artists seem to have decided their success...

Hip HopBaynham Goredema - May 20, 20100

The humble neophyte – POVOKonvo with Outspoken

POVO: So what was it like performing with the band for the first time?  Outspoken: I have had the band since 2007. It’s...

MusicRaven Duchess - June 15, 20220

Nehanda

POVO Afrika · Raven Duchess - Nehanda Hmmm Haaa Hmmm haaa Ancient one spirit spirit whisperer

#16WomenVoicesPOVO Staff - December 27, 20210

#16WomenVoices – Black Afro

Tell us a bit about yourself My name is Sharleen Eunice Jirongo, also known as Black Afro. I was...

MusicBlack Afro - June 19, 20220

Nehanda (Song)

POVO Afrika · Black Afro - Nehanda Zvakatangira pana Nyamhita, mwanasikana waMutapaMazuva avo ohushe waivazadza nemasimba kaKusvikira pana Charwe...

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UncategorizedNqobizitha Mlilo - November 15, 20130

Image Is Everything

We are now living in the future. A place where knowledge has increased (and continues to do so)exponentially, where the Internet era...

SocietyMildred Dube - December 8, 20160

Daughter of a Sangoma

For many in Africa, traditional healers are trusted advisors on matters of the body, mind and spirit although in most parts are...

Nehanda Re-ImaginedPOVO Staff - June 20, 20220

The Nehanda Statue

The stature done by David Mutasa of Mbuya Nehanda original commissioned by the government was initially released to the public after the...

LiteratureNyadzombe Nyampenza - June 20, 20220

Desires And Archetypes

The image of Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana is bitterly etched into the collective consciousness of Zimbabwe. It comes from a photograph that was...

SocietyDesmond Munemo - July 24, 20140

San’bonani

It is given that human beings, in one way or the other, adhere to a certain pattern of norms and values, commonly...

LiteratureRumbidzai Dube - November 8, 20140

Is Satire the New Protest? – Zviri kumbofamba sei?

People often ask why Zimbabweans speak of a repressive government when freedom ‘of’ expression is guaranteed in the Constitution and articles such...

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Music

MusicRaven Duchess - June 15, 20220

Nehanda

POVO Afrika · Raven Duchess - Nehanda Hmmm Haaa Hmmm haaa Ancient one spirit spirit whisperer

MusicBatsirai Chigama - September 12, 20160

The Place Of Women Musicians In Zimbabwe

After a recent debate sparked by Tinashe Mutero’s article, “Is there a place for women among Zimbabwe’s Big Five,” this question may...

MusicHenry Makiwa - July 13, 20140

Time to harvest the low-hanging fruit in Zimbabwe

THIS time last year, our agency, The Peoples Hub had been engaged to cater media and publicity work for a modelling event...

MusicBaynham Goredema - February 3, 20100

Hope The Musician – POVOKonvo with Hope Masike

Give us a bit of background about yourself, your music genre and how it all started.We began as a group of four...

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SocietyOrlinda Mapa-Tsoka - May 19, 20200

Discovering my life’s purpose and calling

Life doesn’t always turn out the way one envisions it. Sometimes it turns out for the best and sometimes, well not so...

CultureMasimba Hwati - December 17, 20160

A Trap called Blackness: The albatross of an Identity built on Reaction

What were we before we were black?Blackness was constructed as an Antithesis to whiteness. Should we be studying blackness, should we be...

SocietyMildred Dube - December 8, 20160

Daughter of a Sangoma

For many in Africa, traditional healers are trusted advisors on matters of the body, mind and spirit although in most parts are...

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LiteratureBarbra Anderson - March 12, 20140

Remembering Dambudziko

My first experience with spoken word was on local television from Albert Nyathi’s infamous Spoken word piece ‘Senzelina’. A few years later...

CulturePeggy Goredema - July 13, 20150

Coping with widowhood

Being a housewife – a fact I am proud of and grateful for– the death of a husband is a traumatic affair,...

SocietyRuth Chatukuta - January 12, 20140

An aesthetically pleasing city

Every time I go through the Forbes list of cleanest cities in the world, I come across a common trait. They are...

TourismJennifer Schuchmann - October 24, 20140

Getting ZIMspired

Last year I got the great opportunity to take a break from my studies in Germany and do a 6-month internship at...

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