Actor and producer Chipo Chung went to watch Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, a new film adapted from Alexander Fuller's book on Zimbabwe's liberation war, and came back more convinced; we need our own stories....
By Chris Muronzi
Sitting on a plastic chair, Kingston Dhewa stares intently at his smartphone, his thumbs jabbing furiously at the screen.
He stops briefly and looks up to attend...
By Ranga Mberi
Growing up, I was always fascinated by a church they only called “chechi yemadhirezi marefu”. The church of the long dresses!
I’d see them on their way to...
By Tatenda Mashanda
The History of Policing in Zimbabwe by Augustine Chihuri is a disappointing and poorly written book that fails to provide any meaningful insight into the evolution of the police force in...
By Arthur Choga
The conversations around Kelly Rusike, the talented jazz bassist who recently passed away in Harare, have been very interesting.
They paint a picture of how musicians who are...
By Arthur Choga
My first memory of Stella Chiweshe was on a small Supersonic transistor radio powered by an Eveready PM9 battery. Yes, that black battery with the silver lines.
This...
Stella Chiweshe, Zimbabwe's mbira legend, has died in Harare at age 76. Here, we republish a piece by writer PERCY ZVOMUYA, in which he spoke to Chiweshe on how she defied detractors to become the foremost player...
By Chris Chenga
Back in May, the Gems returned to Harare on a wet and cold Sunday evening. They were coming from a Tri-Nations tournament in Malawi. They gave each other no long gestures...
By Ranga Mberi
We watched as the mupostori hoisted his flag over that open piece of land near our house.
He stood back and admired it as it fluttered in...
By Ranga Mberi
Here’s a story about how a folk song from Bulawayo became a cult classic in America.
Sometime in the 1940s, there was a man called George Sibanda,...
