Hope Masike

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 well be put to rest as the women artists seem to have decided their success...

Beautifully Woman

In 2011, I had the great honour of travelling to a Scandinavian country where I lived for an entire year. For two semesters I was teaching music, and during the holiday in-between, I travelled to a few...

The State of the Nation – POVOKonvo with Masimba Hwati

We are stitting at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe where we will be talking to Masimba Hwati about his work. Hi Masimba, how are you doing?I am okay thank you very much. I...

Who is Hope? POVOKonvo with Hope Masike

Tell us a bit about yourself?I grew up in a family of 9 children - 2 boys and 7 girls. The spirit of sharing was very important as was working hard because we had to look after...

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 permanent band members. Theresa plays recorder, Elijah on bass and Dunmore plays the Jembe. I...

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 Hope, it’s very easy to lose hope in a country like this, and so many...
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When Opportunists Borrow The Faces Of Victims

A call to protect truth as fiercely as we protect the vulnerable. There is...
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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...