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BULAWAYO – Bulawayo poet Solwazi Nkiwane has put together an anthology of her poetry which is set to be published before the end of this year. The 21-poem collection titled Truth Be Told includes pieces originally published by Radio Dialogue in their magazine YDB. Nkiwane, who is popularly known as Eternity, has included Connection, A…

HARARE – Controversial dancehall star King Shaddy will make a maiden performance in the on-going Lion Lager Campus Night Activations Gigs at Mucheke Stadium on Friday. The Mai Huni singer will share the stage with self-styled dancehall star Winky D and the on-fire Shinso Man. The Masvingo concert is being hosted for Masvingo State University…

HARARE – Former Big Brother Africa representative, Ghanaian Elikem, has vowed to marry his Zimbabwean flame, Pokello, whom he met on the reality show this year. Elikem and his elder brother Troy are currently in the country touring his lover’s country and things are heating up between the lovebirds. Yesterday, they were at the Kebab…

HARARE – Nadine Brown’s music spews out a great deal of energy no wonder she is known as Lady Fire on the local reggae scene. After several years as a backing vocalist for several top Zimbabwean musicians like Mateo, Queen Mashie, Jah Prayzah and Mic Inity, the late Andy Brown’s former wife is on the…

HARARE – Ghanaian Big Brother representative, Elikem painted the town red on Friday, after jetting in Zimbabwe to visit his lover, Pokello. Elikem was welcomed into the country by hundreds of his and Pokello’s fans who were led by “Team Polikem.” The two, Elikem and Pokello seem to be madly in love. Upon his arrival…

HARARE – Zimbabwe music legend Oliver Mtukudzi, who is fresh from a two-and-half month tour of North America, will mark his return to his homeland with a show at Red Fox tonight. The show dubbed The Homecoming kumaRasta will also feature popular reggae star Mike “Mic Inity” Madamombe. Robert Zhuwao, co-director of Bothwell Investments, the…

HARARE – When Netsayi Chigwendere left Zimbabwe for the United Kingdom slightly over a decade ago to study television production , she had no idea she would return home as an afro folk musician. “I had gone to UK to do a Masters in film producing and ended up singing in bands with my friends,”…

HARARE – It is important for the literary and book sector to embrace new technologies as the changing society and technological revolutions around us demand an adjustment in order to remain relevant, a leading academic and writer says. Speaking at a press conference in Harare yesterday,  chairperson of the Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF) Executive…

HARARE – Netherlands-based Rina Mushonga has released a song in honour of late mbira queen Chiwoniso Mararire. Rina did the tribute song for Chiwoniso, who died on July 24, at the age of 37, after being invited by a Dutch radio station. “I was asked to do a tribute interview/performance for RNW (Dutch world service…