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Finton – Taking on Europe with his Guitar

Tell us about your background and how you entered into the music business?I grew up in Mutare, in a township/ghetto called Dangamvura, where I learned a lot about life and from where I still take lots of...

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 raised in Harare. I’m single. I participated in public speaking, swimming and modelling. Future plans ofstudying psychology.

Aura – Influence of Technology in the arts

Tafadzwa Tarumbwa takes a few minutes to talk to Aura Tha Poet Who is AuraAura: I am a poet, voice over artist, a DJ and a mom How has technology influenced, the...

Nontsikelelo Mutiti – Hair braiding as Art

When did you first become interested in hair? How did this manifest itself?I moved to New Haven, Connecticut for graduate school in July 2009. I’d twisted my hair for the long trip to the States the night...

Talking Photography – POVOKonvo with Tamuka Mtengwa

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...

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 have a pulse, just sitting here with you today we have seen people in the creative industry coming by, putting...

Mafriq and Xtra Large – Influence of music in Zimbabwe

In the quest to find out what Zimbabwean 'yute' is up to and how it is contributing to the socio-political landscape, we caught up with two of the hottest music groups on the Zimbabwean scene, then in...

Hip Hop Beef in Zimbabwe – POVOKonvo with Black Bird

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...

Whats Beef? – POVOKonvo with Kuda Musasiwa

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...

Nqobizitha Mlilo – A Passion for African Content

Tafadzwa Tarumbwa speaks to Google's Africa Connected finalist Nqobizitha Mlilo (Enqore) Nqo: I am an animator, visual effects artist, creative/TV producer and a hip hop artist We want to explore the role...
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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...

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...

Handikanganwe Mbuya Nehanda 

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