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CultureMichael Mupotaringa - November 14, 20250

When Opportunists Borrow The Faces Of Victims

A call to protect truth as fiercely as we protect the vulnerable. There is an American woman named Roda...

Nehanda Re-ImaginedTafadzwa Tarumbwa - June 20, 20220

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...

Fine ArtMudiwa Marasa - June 20, 20220

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...

LiteratureNyadzombe Nyampenza - June 20, 20220

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...

Women Speak!

WomanhoodPOVO Staff - June 3, 20190

African Women African Bodies

The 21st century has seen the increase of organisations, activists and individuals rising up against the society...

Culture

A Trap called Blackness: The albatross of an Identity built on Reaction

Masimba Hwati - December 17, 2016 0

What were we before we were black?Blackness was constructed as an Antithesis to whiteness. Should we be studying blackness, should we be...

Creativity

A time to Project and Pro-Act new images, sounds and Narratives? Black Detroit

Masimba Hwati - February 8, 2016 0

I come from a school of thought that people gravitate towards that which is constantly projected before them. The Zezuru people in...

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MusicPauline Gundidza - June 20, 20220

Handikanganwe Mbuya Nehanda

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

Nehanda Re-Imagined

Introduction to Nehanda Re-magined

POVO Staff - June 20, 2022 0

The Nehanda Re-Imagined initiative is a project to revive and re-imagine depictions and the legacy of Mbuya Nehanda in their plurality and...

Nehanda Re-Imagined

Let The Dead Die

Ryan Chokureva - June 20, 2022 0

That’s it, that’s my take on the Nehanda statue fallout or fall-in. Let’s let the dead die. Let me illustrate something, to...

Nehanda Re-Imagined

Wigi yaMbuya Nehanda

Ignatius T. Mabasa - June 20, 2022 0

Vamwe mai nemwanasikana wavo vasvika pandiri naSamora naNyerere Vanditarisa vachizvitora mapikicha, mai vati, “Nehanda bho here?”

Nehanda Re-Imagined

Charwe Nyakasikana (C. 1840 – 1898)

Archibald Mathibela - June 20, 2022 0

Charwe Nyakasikana is a Zezuru spirit medium who was born in 1840, in the Chishawasha District of Central Mashonaland. She was a...

POVOKonvo

POVOKonvoTafadzwa Tarumbwa - November 19, 20140

Aura – Influence of Technology in the arts

Tafadzwa Tarumbwa takes a few minutes to talk to Aura Tha Poet Who is...

FilmCecile Murray-Louw - May 14, 20140

Karien Cherry – Leaping the Limpopo

Emerging writer/director Karien Cherry is raising the bar for student filmmakers as she casts the spotlight on...

POVOKonvoKonvo Staff - October 17, 20140

Talking Photography – POVOKonvo with Tamuka Mtengwa

What made you choose to study Fine Arts?Ha ha , its actually quite a common question.You will...

POVOKonvoPOVO Staff - June 23, 20140

Tateguru Clothing and the freedom of expression

Dialogue with Tofirei Makinya and Tinashe Mabeza the creators of the Tateguru clothing brand. 

POVOKonvoTafadzwa Tarumbwa - April 22, 20140

Elsa Q – The rise

TT: Can you start by introducing yourself?EQ: My name is Elsa Kamsoda. I am a Poet / Musician...

Fine ArtKonvo Staff - October 24, 20150

Art Residency in Zimbabwe – POVOKonvo with Xavier Robles de Medina

Xavier Robles de Medina is a Surinamese artist working in painting and sculpture. His sensibilities are deeply...

POVOKonvoTafadzwa Gutsa - September 22, 20150

Tafadzwa Gutsa – Pioneering Industrial Design in Zimbabwe

You say industrial Design is unknown in Zimbabwe. Can you explain what it involves?Well, at its most...

POVOKonvoKonvo Staff - March 23, 20110

The genesis – POVOKonvo with Edith WeUtonga

It is no wonder that Edith we Utonga is one of few musicians in very high demand...

POVOKonvoKonvo Staff - September 16, 20140

Hip Hop Beef in Zimbabwe – POVOKonvo with Black Bird

What is the main motivation of beef in Zimbabwe I think a lot of...

POVOKonvoBaynham Goredema - December 23, 20160

Never Lundu – Zimbabwe Cricket’s Bat Doctor

The Beginning I was born in Chitungwiza in 1991 and that’s where I live....

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Nehanda Re-ImaginedTapiwanashe Sebastian Garikayi - June 17, 20220

Charwe Typeface

Charwe typeface is a modern display futuristic typeface. The typeface is an imagination of what a modern-day typeface would look like if...

UncategorizedRuvimbo Moyo - November 8, 20140

Attention to the Subtext of our Designs

The Afrikan context has recently been the playground for international developers that use it to create their rendered promises of functional and...

PoetryEvan Mawarire - May 18, 20160

This Flag (The Full Poem)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LubMilbHiPg&feature=emb_title This flag!This, this beautiful flagThey tell me that the green is for the vegetationAnd for the...

PoetryLinda Gabriel - May 13, 20150

Will you make the time?

January came and left so did February and March and April decided not to stay as well. And here we are! In...

HistoryNkezamuzima Fidele - November 8, 20150

Burundi political history and, their stand on the great Lakes

Burundi is a small country situated in the Central East of Afrika, being in the central East of Afrika and its map...

Hip HopmUnetsi mUnetsi - January 12, 20140

The Longest Freestyle – Zimbabwe

mUsain Bolt - The longest freestyle by a Zimbabwean rapper weighing in at 59mins - 22sec. Its fitting that title is carried...

Music

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#16WomenVoices – Black Afro

POVO Staff - December 27, 2021 0

Tell us a bit about yourself My name is Sharleen Eunice Jirongo, also known as Black Afro. I was born on the 19th of October 1995 in Masvingo, grew up in Harare with my...

MusicRaven Duchess - June 15, 20220

Nehanda

POVO Afrika · Raven Duchess - Nehanda Hmmm Haaa Hmmm haaa Ancient one spirit spirit whisperer

Hip HopKonvo Staff - May 20, 20100

The humble neophyte – POVOKonvo with Outspoken

POVO: So what was it like performing with the band for the first time?  Outspoken: I have had the band since 2007. It’s...

HIFAKonvo Staff - February 3, 20100

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...

MusicHenry Makiwa - July 13, 20140

Time to harvest the low-hanging fruit in Zimbabwe

THIS time last year, our agency, The Peoples Hub had been engaged to cater media and publicity work for a modelling event...

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3D & AnimtionTafadzwa Tarumbwa - October 6, 20150

Tinodiwa Makoni – ComExposed, a new platform for comic books

What is ComExposedEM: ComExposed is an organisation we founded together to promote comic books and help out the comic book artists, and bring...

OpinionPfungwa Nyamukachi - April 5, 20130

The right to love and be loved

We are all familiar with the bill of rights, human rights for all people of all nations, creed and colour that make...

HistoryArchibald Mathibela - May 25, 20200

Africa day: The story of how a continent fell off the horse

In its inception the AU was a fit for purpose, a revolutionary oasis for all Africans in the struggle for self-determination. As...

FestivalsBaynham Goredema - September 25, 20110

Shoko Festival 2011 – Make It Happen

The press conference was held at the Alliance Francaise and was hosted by Outspoken of Magamba Network. Very few people were in...

SocietyRyan Chokureva - October 8, 20150

Xenophobia – The afterthoughts

We do see not far, nor do we learn much. Lack of vision says it’s okay to fight for waitress and gardener...

UncategorizedDebbie Peters - September 13, 20150

Pan-Afrikan Expatriates on the Afrikan Continent

By the time I got into the Business Class lounge at Johannesburg to catch the SAA flight in to Lagos, I knew...

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Music

MusicHenry Makiwa - July 13, 20140

Time to harvest the low-hanging fruit in Zimbabwe

THIS time last year, our agency, The Peoples Hub had been engaged to cater media and publicity work for a modelling event...

MusicKonvo Staff - February 3, 20100

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...

MusicPauline Gundidza - June 20, 20220

Handikanganwe Mbuya Nehanda

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

CultureAkala - September 12, 20110

A discourse on Hip Hop in Africa

Living in London, I suppose my view of hip hop is skewed differently. The way hip hop was born in the Bronx...

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CultureMichael Mupotaringa - November 14, 20250

When Opportunists Borrow The Faces Of Victims

A call to protect truth as fiercely as we protect the vulnerable. There is an American woman named Roda...

SocietyOrlinda Mapa-Tsoka - May 19, 20200

Discovering my life’s purpose and calling

Life doesn’t always turn out the way one envisions it. Sometimes it turns out for the best and sometimes, well not so...

CultureMasimba Hwati - December 17, 20160

A Trap called Blackness: The albatross of an Identity built on Reaction

What were we before we were black?Blackness was constructed as an Antithesis to whiteness. Should we be studying blackness, should we be...

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MusicPauline Gundidza - June 20, 20220

Handikanganwe Mbuya Nehanda

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

POVOKonvoTafadzwa Gutsa - September 22, 20150

Tafadzwa Gutsa – Pioneering Industrial Design in Zimbabwe

You say industrial Design is unknown in Zimbabwe. Can you explain what it involves?Well, at its most basic, Industrial Design involves the...

Nehanda Re-ImaginedTendekai Tati - June 18, 20220

Mapfupa Angu

Mapfupa Angu achamukaAsi zvichida asina nyamaZvichida achamukaAsi anenge asisina moyo Hushingi ibesanwaRekutya nehutsinye.Mhirizhonga yakashatiraPakuti haikusiye wakadaro.

SocietyTatenda Kanengoni - February 23, 20150

The complexity of race and colour relations in modern society

Recently, my friends and I had a conversation about slavery. Imagine growing up in an era where you are saleable and consequently...

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PoetryLinda Gabriel - May 13, 20150

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