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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 ...

POVOKonvoKonvo Staff - September 12, 20120

Cricket politics and development In Zimbabwe – POVOKonvo with Tinotenda Mawoyo

Can you give some insight as to the playing opportunities for those who haven't broken into the...

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...

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...

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...

POVOKonvoArchibald Mathibela - October 21, 20150

Rudo Chasi – The Journey of a Songstress

Tell us about yourself. Who is Rudo Chasi and her journey so far?I was born and raised in...

POVOKonvoMarcia Nonkululeko Tladi - June 26, 20130

Watsamba M’Diou – HIFA 2013

René Desalmand, Matchume Zango, Rolando Lamussene, Alex Pedro and Djibra Mussa are Watsamba M’Diou, a Mozambican-Swiss band...

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 - 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...

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FestivalsPOVO Staff - May 23, 20110

Hifa 2011 – The Engagement Party

“The Engagement Party,” stressed community engagement. With the them being engagement, it was only fitting that 2011 was the year that we decided...

SocietyChristine Ndoro - October 29, 20140

Finding Myself

I am at a stage in my life when I need more meaning. The statement that my life has to be worth...

Nehanda Re-ImaginedCalvin Chimutuwah - June 12, 20220

Nehanda On Wall

Nehanda on the Wall by Calvin Chimutuwah (130cm x 90cm, Oil on Canvas, 2021)

PoetryLinda Gabriel - May 13, 20150

Will you make the time?

January came and left so did February and March and April decided not to stay as well. And here we are! In...

SocietyTendai Mufunda - June 23, 20130

The Eradication of Poverty

Whenever one flips through a newspaper there is guarantee of a report on a national disaster, a ruthless killing or a cry...

WomanhoodBatsirai Chigama - November 15, 20140

Fibroid Society

Almost three years ago I experienced extreme pain in my left lower abdomen. I could not run long distances. I could not...

Music

Culture

A discourse on Hip Hop in Africa

Akala - September 12, 2011 0

Living in London, I suppose my view of hip hop is skewed differently. The way hip hop was born in the Bronx is a mix of a very long tradition of Latino and African American poetry by...

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...

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...

#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...

Hip HopKonvo Staff - 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...

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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...

Hip HopKonvo Staff - 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...

POVOKonvoSabina Seldon - November 27, 20140

Alice Tavaya – In the Wonderland of Photography

“There is a beauty in decay,” she says. Perhaps it has something to do with the way one sees but I am...

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...

SocietyShaun Matsheza - October 19, 20150

Hey Zimbos, why so serious?

Zimbabweans have a very specific script of how a ‘grown up’ acts, and any deviation from that is likely to draw a...

UncategorizedDavid Zinyama - November 22, 20140

My journey as a Graphic Artist

Photo manipulation, a skill that I know best, the application of image editing techniques using Photoshop in order to create an illusion...

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Music

CultureAkala - September 20, 20110

Beware of taking the historical context out of hip hop

What we've got to be very careful as hip hop artists is that we don’t allow rap to held as a scapegoat...

MusicKonvo Staff - 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...

Hip HopKonvo Staff - 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...

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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CulturePOVO Staff - October 5, 20090

Popular Zimbabwean childhood games from the 90s

Growing up in the 90s in Zimbabwe children had to find alternative means of entertainment. Today the youth have so much at...

UncategorizedTafadzwa Gutsa - May 23, 20130

How do we as designers and artists see ourselves

Purpose is the driver of all things great and out of it comes determination. How do we Designers /...

WomanhoodSabina Seldon - May 14, 20150

Hair Piece (Peace): A multi-strand hair story

The subject of black women and their hair seems to have come under the spotlight lately, particularly with the resurgence of the...

SocietyDoreen Gaura - November 27, 20140

The Exoticisation and Otherisation of the Afrikan by the Afrikan

In the last decade or so we have seen an increase in Afrikan visibility and participation in the marketing of the continent...

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WomanhoodEdith We Utonga - March 8, 20150

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