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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

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...

FilmCecile Murray-Louw - May 14, 20140

Karien Cherry – Leaping the Limpopo

Emerging writer/director Karien Cherry is raising the bar for student filmmakers as she casts the spotlight on...

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...

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...

Fine ArtKonvo Staff - June 19, 20180

A Fascination with portraiture – POVOKonvo with Lawrence Nyemba

A brief backgroundI was born on 20 August, 1991 in Marondera town. The 5th child in a...

3D & AnimtionKonvo Staff - July 18, 20100

The birth of 3D animation in Zimbabwe – POVOKonvo with Nqobizitha Mlilo

POVO: Thanks for your time, can you give us a brief background about yourself NQO: I have been an...

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...

Hip HopKonvo Staff - May 28, 20100

The future of Zimbabwe – POVOKonvo with Outspoken

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

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...

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...

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UncategorizedChristie Brookstein - September 23, 20140

Fashion in the Time of Cholera

I was asked to write this opinion piece on the fashion industry in Zimbabwe and all the predictable adjectives like fledgling and...

SocietyElton Mjanana - November 28, 20140

The Dreary, the Draconian & the Dues

A lot of the time I find I am asking myself, ‘Why the hell am I even trying this?’. Before I even...

SocietyPenny Yon - March 6, 20160

The Real Backstage Story

A spotlight pierces the dark stage to focus on an elegant figure, cool, confident, alluring, alight, alive, adorned in a stunning creation...

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...

CulturePOVO Staff - October 14, 20090

Zimbabwe children’s games of the 90s – One Touch

This game is like one on one soccer which you are only allowed to make contact once with ball for each turn....

Fine ArtCalvin Chimutuwah - June 13, 20130

Zimbabwean Creating Pigments For Painting

I have been painting for over twelve years. Somehow I have become tired of using these conventional paints, oils and acrylics. So,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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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...

PoetryVimbainashe Mangoma - August 3, 20150

Jilted, Wilted

What have I done wrong in this here life?Jilted, tilted, wilted before my timeDumped, dragged with shame in flames

Nehanda Re-ImaginedPatrick Mugadura - June 20, 20220

Chii Chamuri Kuona?

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

CulturePOVO Staff - October 17, 20090

Zimbabwe National Anthem

Simudzai mureza wedu weZimbabwe, A song written by Professor Solomon Mutswairo and composed by Fred Changundega. After seeing Ras Dumisani "Massacre" the...

PoetryNebila Abdulmelik - October 3, 20140

What’s in a Name?

You don’t define meYou can’t stall meYou don’t decide my worthYou can’t condemn meYou don’t confine meYou can’t try meYou don’t faze...

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...

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Music

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...

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...

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...

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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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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SocietyMarcia Nonkululeko Tladi - November 13, 20140

Bringing Down the Walls

Since time itself, walls were built to protect societies and their livestock from conflict with wild animals, potential aggressors and the liberties...

Hip HopAkala - September 20, 20110