When Opportunists Borrow The Faces Of Victims

A call to protect truth as fiercely as we protect the vulnerable. There is an American woman named Roda...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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Handikanganwe Mbuya Nehanda 

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

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...

Let The Dead Die

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...

Wigi yaMbuya Nehanda

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

Charwe Nyakasikana (C. 1840 – 1898)

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

POVOKonvo

Zimbabwean blues & neo-soul musician – POVOKonvo with Raven Duchess

Tell us a bit about your history, (Where you are from, family, highlights outside of music)Born and...

Aura – Influence of Technology in the arts

Tafadzwa Tarumbwa takes a few minutes to talk to Aura Tha Poet Who is...

Hip Hop Beef in Zimbabwe – POVOKonvo with Black Bird

What is the main motivation of beef in Zimbabwe I think a lot of...

Zimbabwe crickets opening batsmen – POVOKonvo with Tinotenda Mawoyo

We had the privelege of talking to Tinotenda Mawoyo, Zimbabwe crickets' opening batsmen. He agreed to answer...

Whats Beef? – POVOKonvo with Kuda Musasiwa

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

Future of animation in Zimbabwe – POVOKonvo with Tafadzwa Tarumbwa

POVO: How does it take you to complete a 30 second advert? 
TAF: because of time constraints and...

Tinodiwa Makoni – ComExposed, a new platform for comic books

What is ComExposedEM: ComExposed is an organisation we founded together to promote comic books and help out the...

Talking Photography – POVOKonvo with Tamuka Mtengwa

What made you choose to study Fine Arts?Ha ha , its actually quite a common question.You will...

Nontsikelelo Mutiti – Hair braiding as Art

When did you first become interested in hair? How did this manifest itself?I moved to New Haven,...

Rumbi Katedza – State of the Zimbabwe Film Industry

The Zimbabwe film industry, is there movement, is there development do we still have a pulse?Rumbi: We definitely...
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Future of Traditional Leaders in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has state lands which the government is responsible for and communal lands in rural areas where traditional leaders are responsible. These...

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Nehanda (Song)

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The Place Of Women Musicians In Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe crickets opening batsmen – POVOKonvo with Tinotenda Mawoyo

We had the privelege of talking to Tinotenda Mawoyo, Zimbabwe crickets' opening batsmen. He agreed to answer question from fans from the Cricket...

Bringing Down the Walls

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Other art forms need your attention too Hon. Minister Jonathan Moyo

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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...

Tafadzwa Gutsa – Pioneering Industrial Design in Zimbabwe

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Music

#16WomenVoices – Black Afro

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Hope The Musician – POVOKonvo with Hope Masike

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A discourse on Hip Hop in Africa

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Nehanda (Song)

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

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When Opportunists Borrow The Faces Of Victims

A call to protect truth as fiercely as we protect the vulnerable. There is an American woman named Roda...

Discovering my life’s purpose and calling

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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...
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Cyberbullying – The reinvention of an existing Predicament

Bullying is defined as the use of influence or strength to intimidate another being or forcing them to do something unwillingly. It...