Bands, bandits and band-aids
Takudzwa Chihambakwe “GENERALLY we have a serious problem in Zimbabwe when it comes to remuneration. In most cases the leaders always think of themselves . . . usually taking 90 percent for himself,...
View ArticleA prayer for Sulu
Many of us believe every African family has its “spirits”; that ancestor, that great grandfather or obscure late aunt who is responsible for the good or bad things that we experience. When things are...
View ArticleGurira and the war for humanity
IN five days, one of most anticipated movies ever, “Avengers-Infinity War”, hits the big screen. Ster-Kinekor has done a great service by screening the premiere a day before the film is shown...
View ArticleMukanya and the new zeitgeist
Some will find Thomas Mapfumo’s outspokenness unnerving during his 12-day stay in Zimbabwe. He speaks his mind, and whether we agree with him or not, that alone is evidence of the breath of fresh air...
View ArticleBig welcome for Mapfumo
Takudzwa Chihambakwe “MUKANYA woye, Mukanya woye,” echoed chants across the foyers of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport on Wednesday evening as fans welcomed the legend who is back home...
View Article‘I won’t die in a foreign land’ – Legend singles out Sulu, Winky D
DECORATED Chimurenga music proponent, Dr Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo says he has no intentions of dying in a foreign land and his visit is the beginning of a solid reconnection with his motherland. The...
View ArticleHow long will the Hifa flame last?
Takudzwa Chihambakwe IN 2015 Zimbabwe’s cultural and creative sector was dealt a big blow. Arts hub, The Book Café, was shut down. Chief among the issues that resulted in its closure was the inability...
View ArticleSeason of firsts for Nyarie
Takudzwa Chihambakwe SHE is currently regarded as one of the most brilliant thespians in Zimbabwe because of her focus and grit. She has grown steadily in the game since her debut play “Pub Stories”,...
View ArticleMunondo: A make or break for Muridzo
HIT songs “Dherira” and “Chidhafu Dhunda” set alight many a dance floors, weddings, kitchen parties and several other places of hedonistic pursuit around Zimbabwe. The songs, off Andy Muridzo’s second...
View ArticleCornered Hifa rumbles to life
IN 2016 it did not take place and when it returned last year it was a bit low key. This week, the festival roars to life without its old panache exacerbated by an additional cocktail of factors...
View ArticleWhat to look out for @ Hifa
THIS Tuesday, as the rest of the world joins hands in celebrating International Workers’ Day, the local arts scene will burst into life with the arrival of Hifa (Harare International Festival of the...
View ArticleMhere sparkles as Manyowa ends silence
THE fight in Mathias Mhere defies his stature. The diminutive gospel singer is throwing hard punches from all ends with the hope of delivering a knock-out blow sooner rather than later. From aggressive...
View ArticleMudhara Bhonzo dies
Veteran actor and comedian Lawrence Simbarashe, popularly known as Mudhara Bhonzo, has died. According to a ZBC news report, Mudhara Bhonzo was a diabetes and high blood pressure patient. Having...
View ArticleZimpapers hosts food and wine tasting fest
Andrew Moyo WHISKEY and wine lovers will get to challenge their taste buds on May 25 as Zimpapers is set to host a food and wine tasting festival at Zimparks Gardens. The event, which kicks off at 2pm...
View ArticleHifa & The Fringe: The verdict
Takudzwa Chihambakwe LOADED with déjà vu moments — or rather reliving the past as a number of acts participating at the festival had featured in previous editions – there was not much euphoria around...
View Article‘There was something in the air’
Takudzwa Chihambakwe “YAHWEH” and “Zimbabwe” were two words Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo interchangeably chanted at his gig at Glamis Arena in Harare last weekend. Whenever he said these words – which made...
View ArticleBackstage with a lion called Mukanya
IT was a mixed crowd: the grey-haired drawn by nostalgia, the young out to verify the legend. That the lion was indeed a lion was not under debate. Uppermost in the mixed crowd was the question whether...
View ArticleNo Thomas, that’s not how it’s done
ON April 22, 2018 on these pages, I wrote that “. . . no matter what comes out of Mukanya’s oft-unbridled mouth, we already feel differently about our country”. He did not disappoint. Thomas “Mukanya”...
View ArticlePuff … puff … pass…Shisha culture takes Zim by storm
THE shisha, or hookah, an instrument used for smoking tobacco, with the smoke passing through a water basin, has for centuries been a part of various cultures, especially in Asia, the Middle East and...
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Freshly grinding down Hifa
The Harare International Festival of the Arts comes to an end today with South African group Freshlyground headlining the closing party. Music fans should be thankful for the new political dispensation...
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