Baynham Goredema

Nehanda Spirit Medium Typeface

Whenever we think of visualising Nehanda what comes to our minds immediately is the image of her standing with Sekuru Kaguvi just before her execution by the colonial British government of the day. So in creating this...

Charwe Was Not A Medium

It was only much later when I was an adult did I come to the knowledge that Mbuya Nehanda was actually a spirit who possessed Charwe Nyakasikana. All Along I just thought that Mbuya Nehanda was her...

Never Lundu – Zimbabwe Cricket’s Bat Doctor

The Beginning I was born in Chitungwiza in 1991 and that’s where I live. I started playing cricket when I was in Grade 3 at Seke 6 Primary School. I stopped playing cricket for...

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 rooted in an observational drawing practice as well as an objective dissection of the painting as a three-dimensional object. He...

The innovative Floating Mug

After successfully completing my A-level examinations in 1997 at St John’s College in what was an extremely hectic year, in which I travelled on four different international tours to Dubai, Cape Town, and Johannesburg for rugby and...

Raven Duchess – Zimbabwean blues & neo-soul musician

Tell us a bit about your history, (Where you are from, family, highlights outside of music)Born and raised in Harare. I’m single. I participated in public speaking, swimming and modelling. Future plans ofstudying psychology.

Tamuka Mtengwa – Talking Photography

What made you choose to study Fine Arts?Ha ha , its actually quite a common question.You will be surprised to know that i intended to studylaw. Most Zimbabwean parents would not have endorsed the...

Black Bird – Hip Hop Beef in Zimbabwe

What is the main motivation of beef in Zimbabwe I think a lot of what is happening in Zimbabwe beef is based on misunderstandings between people. But the real agents of beef are the...

Kuda Musasiwa – Whats Beef?

What is the main motivation of beef in Zimbabwe? Nil. There is no real beef at all. Does beef play a role in Hip-hop, is it a necessary stage of the development of...

What’s next with HIFA?

Ironically the theme for this years Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) was Whats Next? After the festival that is the very question that stuck in my mind. What is next with HIFA because they have...

About Me

Baynham Goredema is a multidisciplinary designer with over 20 years experience. Over the years I have worked with various organisations both corporate and non profit, managing projects from idea conceptualisation, liaising with clients, managing talent, sourcing suppliers and taking projects through to final production in various mediums from print to web. An urge to create saw him explore various forms of creative expression, from multimedia game design, to protest typography design, writing and even recording music. He works on various self initiated projects, the flagship being the POVO brand. An avid linocut printmaker which kick started with his inaugural Solo exhibition titled Creativism -The politics of art.
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