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Harare, Zimbabwe – Dzivarasekwa, a nondescript township on the southwestern rims of Zimbabwe’s capital, copies the 1907 template of the first ghetto, Harari (now Mbare): grim, monotonous ...
That desire to take the road less travelled led him to pick up the mbira as a teenager in Zimbabwe. It's an instrument Chaka's ancestors, the Shona people, have played for thousands of years.
Google is celebrating Zimbabwe’s national instrument the mbira as part of Zimbabwe’s Culture Week, with an interactive video that allows anyone to try their hand at the unique instrument.
The interactive Doodle starts by telling the story of a young girl who quickly fell in love with the mbira after watching an elder play the instrument. The story then follows the girl as she grows ...
Piniel Denga, the MDC-T MP for Mbare, is to leave his relatively safe urban based seat to run in his rural home of Chikomba in Mashonaland East province in the next poll. Denga, elected as MP for ...
Google is celebrating Zimbabwe's Culture Week with an interactive doodle of the Mbira - a musical instrument traditional to the Shona people. The game tells the story of a Zimbabwean girl who ...
The operation is aimed at improving hygiene and sanitation in high-density suburbs surrounding Mbare, including fumigation of all public places and addressing the underlying infrastructure issues ...
08 (NewsDayLive)- The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested two suspects for allegedly defrauding the City of Harare of over US$415 000 meant for the European Union-funded Mbare ...
The mbira, or “thumb piano,” a traditional African instrument, is declining in popularity in big cities, a musician and seller of traditional musical instruments from Cape Town, South Africa ...
TWO suspects are set to appear at the Harare Magistrates Court today facing charges of allegedly defrauding the City of Harare of over US$415 000 meant for the Mbare biogas project. The project ...
Mbare hostels have become a liability to Harare City Council, amid revelations residents now owe Zesa Holdings $10 million in unpaid bills. ZESA bills council instead of the tenants as the hostels ...
The 15th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICG) held from 14-19 December 2020 inscribed Malawi and Zimbabwe’s art of crafting and ...