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CultureMichael Mupotaringa - November 14, 20250

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...

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...

Women Speak!

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...

Culture

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

Masimba Hwati - December 17, 2016 0

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

Creativity

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...

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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...

Nehanda Re-Imagined

Introduction to Nehanda Re-magined

POVO Staff - June 20, 2022 0

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...

POVOKonvo

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...

3D & AnimtionKonvo Staff - August 9, 20100

Ambivalence Society – POVOKonvo with Tafadzwa Tarumbwa

The first of a two part series of interviews with Tafadzwa Tarumbwa as he talks about about ...

POVOKonvoTafadzwa Tarumbwa - November 19, 20140

Aura – Influence of Technology in the arts

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

POVOKonvoKonvo Staff - October 12, 20110

From film to slam poetry – POVOKonvo with Aura the Poet

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

POVOKonvoKonvo Staff - 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...

POVOKonvoKonvo Staff - 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...

POVOKonvoKonvo Staff - September 16, 20140

Hip Hop Beef in Zimbabwe – POVOKonvo with Black Bird

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

Fine ArtKonvo Staff - October 24, 20150

Art Residency in Zimbabwe – POVOKonvo with Xavier Robles de Medina

Xavier Robles de Medina is a Surinamese artist working in painting and sculpture. His sensibilities are deeply...

POVOKonvoKonvo Staff - October 17, 20140

Talking Photography – POVOKonvo with Tamuka Mtengwa

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

POVOKonvoTafadzwa Tarumbwa - April 22, 20140

Elsa Q – The rise

TT: Can you start by introducing yourself?EQ: My name is Elsa Kamsoda. I am a Poet / Musician...

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Fine ArtMarjorie Wallace - April 3, 20150

Zimbabwean ceramic designer

Born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and studied at Michealis School of Fine Art in Cape Town. Taught in various schools and the Harare...

PoetryPOVO Staff - September 29, 20110

Babylon

A Bobo lion Babylon won’t give me a visa.Cause I'm a toi toi teacher prooza partistaAnti capitalista i'm the counter culture.Rooted in...

OpinionPfungwa Nyamukachi - April 5, 20130

The right to love and be loved

We are all familiar with the bill of rights, human rights for all people of all nations, creed and colour that make...

Nehanda Re-ImaginedJohnson Mugabe - June 15, 20220

Holy?

I grew up in a Christian society that drew a thin invisible line that separated us from our ancestors, their form of...

UncategorizedPlot Mhako - November 23, 20140

Re-tracing the Frenzy of Zimdancehall

They say if you arrive in Harare and spend hours without hearing the sound of Zimdancehall then you have not arrived. This...

Fine ArtChikonzero Chazunguza - September 16, 20150

Dzimbanhete Artist Interactions

Dzimbanhete Arts Interactions (DAI) is an arts and culture resource centre that prioritises heritage preservation by promoting, enabling and giving space to...

Music

Hope The Musician – POVOKonvo with Hope Masike

Konvo Staff - February 3, 2010 0

Give us a bit of background about yourself, your music genre and how it all started.We began as a group of four permanent band members. Theresa plays recorder, Elijah on bass and Dunmore plays the Jembe. I...

InterviewsPOVO Staff - December 23, 20210

#16WomenVoices – Mary Anibal

Who are you and Where are you from I'm Mary Anibal born and Bread in Harare, Zimbabwe on the...

HIFAKonvo Staff - 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 the album is even titled...

CultureAkala - September 12, 20110

A discourse on Hip Hop in Africa

Living in London, I suppose my view of hip hop is skewed differently. The way hip hop was born in the Bronx...

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...

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Hip HopKonvo Staff - October 6, 20150

My league is in SAHipHop – POVOKOnvo with Slik Thug

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

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...

FilmCalvin Chimutuwah - July 12, 20130

Black middle class and fine art in Zimbabwe

Every time an artist makes something, he wants that piece to communicate and the question is who this person that the artist...

FestivalsOutspoken - September 24, 20110

Challenges of organising a festival in Zimbabwe

OutspokenI don’t know, now that we at this stage they've kind of all dissolved, but we will remember them I mean, yeah...

CulturePOVO Staff - October 22, 20090

Zimbabwe children’s games of the 90s – Hwai Hwai

This game was similar to a rugby tackling exercise and a game called Red Rover. It consisted of two lines which made...

SocietyTakudzwa Nyazema - June 29, 20140

Integrating Zimbabwean youth in Ireland

ZYI is a group based in Ireland looking to engage the Zimbabwean youth on different platforms. This may seem easy at face...

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Music

InterviewsPOVO Staff - December 23, 20210

#16WomenVoices – Mary Anibal

Who are you and Where are you from I'm Mary Anibal born and Bread in Harare, Zimbabwe on the...

#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...

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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CultureMichael Mupotaringa - November 14, 20250

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...

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...

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SocietyAzella Perryman - May 28, 20150

The complexity of race and skin colour perceptions in Afrika

I was lucky I suppose, that I discovered it at all. Many foreigners come to Afrika and never really get to hear...

CultureTinashe Muchuri - October 21, 20150

Kuchava riniko…?

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

SocietyHope Masike - September 25, 20140

The power of Waiting

Recently, I somehow bumped into a lot of material on waiting, music, movies and literature. Ironically, I was at a point in...

SocietyNancy Munyi - June 11, 20150

Combating dyslexia in Kenya

Amazing discoveryIn 2000, my five year old son joined pre-unit, his teacher happened to be his mother. He was a fine and...

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SocietyRudo Nyangulu - January 15, 20140

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