Earlier this month, overzealous cops stopped the performance of Zimbabwe’s most celebrated reggae and dancehall artist Winky D in Chitungwiza, about 25km from the capital Harare.

In all the focus the Western world has placed on the individual, it has lost sight of the family—both immediate and extended versions, encompassing the members of a shared culture. In part that's due ...

A small audience gathered this year at a small theater on Duke’s East Campus to hear the story of Moyo, a fine musician and a fine man who was murdered during Zimbabwe’s civil war in the 1970s. The ...

ZIMBABWE’S music fraternity is enveloped in sorrow following the passing of the iconic sungura legend, Nicholas “Madzibaba” Zakaria, affectionately known as the Senior Lecturer. Revered for more than ...

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe -- The crowd at the Large City Hall here had become a sweaty, tipsy, swaying throng by the time Oliver Mtukudzi played his most controversial song, "Wasakara." As he sang in his ...

When SKyCTC Academic Adviser John Thomerson first picked up a mbira, a Southern African “thumb piano,” as a pandemic side project, he wanted to add to the long list of foreign instruments in his ...

Zimbabwe music legend Oliver Mtukudzi has been given national hero status following his death Wednesday. It is the highest honor that can be given to an individual by Zimbabwe. Mtukudzi is the first ...

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, ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe - One of Zimbabwe and Africa's most iconic musicians, Oliver Mtukudzi, died on Wednesday at age 66 after decades of rollicking, captivating performances won him devoted fans worldwide ...