ZimGazette

Editor 22 March 2026 No Comment

INTERVIEW: Zimbabwean filmmaker Tapiwa Chipfupa wins international award

By culturecustodian.com Zimbabwean director and producer, Tapiwa Chipfupa and her film initiative Audiovisual Entrepreneurs Laboratory (AVEL), were awarded the coveted Berlinale

Editor 15 March 2026 No Comment

University of Cambridge urged to help locate looted Zimbabwean skulls

By Agencies Zimbabwean descendants of the chimurenga heroes, freedom fighters who led an uprising against British colonial rule in the 1890s, have

Editor 15 March 2026 No Comment

Dambudzo Marechera’s voice is on Facebook, and 33,000 people are listening

By Agencies A Facebook page dedicated to Dambudzo Marechera has been running for years and has built a following of

Editor 14 March 2026 No Comment

Zimbabwean artist Option Nyahunzvi explores cultural values in a bold new exhibition

Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti, Rice University In Zimbabwe, hunhu is a cultural belief system that instructs us to embrace our neighbours,

Barber and content creator Safari Martins uses a clothing iron as he shaves Ian Njenga in Kiambu, Kenya

Editor 2 January 2026 No Comment

Kenyan barber who wields a sharpened shovel thrives on Africa’s social media craze

By Associated Press KIAMBU: Safari Martins leads his client Ian Njenga into a sparse shack on the rural roadside in

Editor 16 December 2025 No Comment

ENIFF 2025: Jessica J. Rowlands Puts Zimbabwean Cinema on the Map with “Rise”

By Joseph Jonathan There’s a particular kind of film that doesn’t announce itself with spectacle but settles into you quietly,

Francisca Mandeya plays the mbira, a traditional instrument from Zimbabwe, on the stage of Jam Café in Iqaluit on Nov. 7.

Editor 27 November 2025 No Comment

CANADA: Francisca Mandeya discusses her risky life as an mbira player; ‘I needed to get

By nunatsiaq.com At times of despair, Francisca Mandeya always has an answer. Mbira. The Zimbabwean traditional instrument looks like a

Editor 23 November 2025 No Comment

BERLIN: Zimbabwean art finds global resonance in two new exhibitions

By artnet.com GERMANY: In recent years, both market and institutional interest in contemporary African art has surged, and a new

Editor 16 November 2025 No Comment

US: At 90, Zimbabwean art specialist still works 6 days at gallery considers ‘gift from

By startribune.com When gallery owner Rex Mhiripiri saw a gas station at 90th Street and Penn Avenue S. in Bloomington,

Editor 27 October 2025 No Comment

‘Our reality, our values’: Graffiti finds growing acceptance in West Africa

By Associated Press CONAKRY: It was the middle of the day when Omar Diaw, known by his artist name “Chimere”

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