Listeners who come to traditional African music from the American variety will find it a refreshingly organic experience. The sonorities reflect a variety of instruments both ancient and modern, ...

Two books by Zimbabwean novelist, playwright and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga are some of the latest novels to be translated into Shona. The two titles are part of the trilogy by Dangarembga which ...

The Center for World Music presents Mbira Bhururu: Songs of the Shona People of Zimbabwe. Experience the rich cultural and musical heritage of Zimbabwe through the traditional sounds of the mbira ...

The Kenyan government has granted citizenship to nearly 1,700 people of Shona origin, who settled in the east African country from Zimbabwe in the 1930s. In an interview, Shona community leader, ...

As a stateless girl, it’s been a challenging but great journey to get to where I am,” says the soft-spoken 20-year-old. The Shona people arrived in Kenya from what was then Rhodesia ­– now Zimbabwe – ...

Harare — A FILM has been developed in Zimbabwe to tell an old Shona folk tale reflecting the cruelties often inflicted upon women by men. The film, with the title Kare Kare Zvako (Mother's Day), is ...

Shona proverbs took centre stage at a vibrant reception marking the Lantern Festival and International Women’s Day, as Zimbabwe and China reaffirmed cultural solidarity and women’s empowerment through ...

Introduction ca. 23 min.; each song has separate introduction, song without commentary, song with commentary, pronunciation guide, and musical notation segments, ca. 7-10 minutes total if for each ...

Former Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, who attempted to press education officials to sack a school teacher for lack of proficiency in a local language in Matabeleland, has apologized ...