HARARE – Dub poet Albert Nyathi and Iyasa have teamed up to create a song titled What’s Up that focuses on the negative effects of social media. Iyasa director Innocent Nkululeko Dube told the Daily News that artistes have a duty to enlighten society on the impact of social media. “Families in Zimbabwe are disintegrating…
BULAWAYO – Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo has published an anthology of Zimbabwean folktales titled Around the Fire which will be part of the festival’s 10th anniversary celebrations this year. Raisedon Baya, the Intwasa director, confirmed the publication whose aim is to document and preserve folk stories in book format. “I am happy to say that…
BULAWAYO – Popular musician Jah Prayzah broke National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) records on Saturday night at Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel after claiming an impressive haul of four awards. The Uzumba-born musician claimed gongs in the Outstanding Male Musician, Outstanding Album, Outstanding Song and People’s Choice categories. Jah Prayzah, who walked away with $2 000 for…
HARARE – Arts manager is the last profession you would associate with the daughter of a hard-nosed Zanu PF stalwart but that is exactly what Tsungi Zvobgo is. The daughter of the late Edson Jonasi Zvobgo runs New Sofala Entertainment, an organisation that promotes several artistes such as Ammara Brown and Tehn Diamond. Daily News…
HARARE – Not so long ago Wallace “Winky D” Chirumiko was Zimbabwe’s undoubted dancehall king but with a new crop of stars laying siege on his castle, many believe the Ninja President’s end is nigh. Winky D’s precarious position on the ragga throne continues to be a subject of derision of several cocky dancehall upstarts…
GWERU – Gweru-based sculptor Forbes Mushipe is confident that he will win a third consecutive National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) gong on Saturday and cement his position as Zimbabwe’s leading mixed media work artist. Mushipe’s artistic creation called Nhapwasikana, that captures the struggles of the girl-child in a male-dominated world, has put the Gweru artist…
BULAWAYO – American filmmaker Judy Lieff says lack of government funding is the curse of the Zimbabwean movie industry. Lieff, who led a two-day workshop at the Bulawayo Art Gallery last week with the help of fellow American filmmaker Claire Aguilar, is convinced that the desire by local producers to make quality movies is being…
HARARE – Big Brother Africa 2013 winner Dillish Mathews harbours plans of engaging in property development in Zimbabwe and Namibia. The Namibian beauty, who is in the country to launch the Dillish line of lipstick and lip-gloss being marketed and distributed by a Zimbabwean company called Vault Cosmetics, told the Daily News that business is…
BULAWAYO – Amakhosi Cultural Centre has created a film club that will provide filmmakers and movie fans a platform to interact. The initiative, that will involve weekly film screenings is spearheaded by the Bulawayo arts organisation to develop the capacity of the local film industry and service television stations that the government has promise to…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s first ever multi-arts extravaganza featuring dance, theatre and music will be launched at the Book Café on Saturday. According to John Cole, one of the organisers of the event, the production is “the first ever dance concert to capture the mosaic patterns of life, weaving through music, dance and theatre”. Dance Evolution,…
