Tag: Zimbabwe
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Is Tocky Vibes the Next Tuku?
By Onai Mushava If Van Choga is a drunken dragon on the stage, then Tocky Vibes is an ecological event in the studio. During the “New Dispensation” alone, Mr Vibes has already released seven projects – five studio albums, an acoustic compilation and a singles collection – besides uploading videos more often than your crush’s…
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Hokoyo Is a Great Zimbabwean Album
By Onai Mushava Jah Prayzah’s continental wars are well-known but after every battle is fought, an artist’s never-ending conflicts are against himself. Think of a musician as different splinter personalities in one room, each fighting for creative control. That is Jah Prayzah, the stage monster, the business strategist, the regional crusader, the cultural revivalist, and…
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Stanely Mushava Is an Old-School Nerd
By Givemore Manyenga/ NUST You don’t need to be told who the light-skinned young man sitting on a chair outside a Journalism Department office, a computer in his lap, is. His white t-shirt broadcasts the cover of Survivor’s Café, the poetry book that landed him a National Arts Merit Award (NAMA) for Outstanding Fiction Book…
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How Gwenyagitare Got His Groove
By Onai Mushava Once upon a time in Zimbabwe, a hacker was someone who bent over mbira keys, thumbed his way into your soul and messed around till time meant nothing to you. Since then, generations of lead guitarists from Stanley Manatsa to Trust Samende have made their case as the new keepers of the…
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Bill Saidi Is Pioneer Extraordinaire
By Onai Mushava Bill Saidi was a proud and free spirit. He maintained a bare-knuckle approach to journalism, paid occasionally for standing in the way of power but became a presence wherever he turned. The black-and-white columnist mugshot with a Stalinist moustache arched above a stubborn smile had its day from Zimpapers to Modus Publications,…
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