Through the Shona translation, Gappah said they had been able to bring added depth, meaning and humour for readers as their characters use the different Shona dialects spoken around Zimbabwe.

Music is Culture is an unusual organization, dedicated to preserving and nurturing at-risk cultures around the world. Among their projects is one focused on the Ndau ethnic group in southern Zimbabawe ...

Great Zimbabwe is the name of the extensive stone remains of an ancient city built between 1100 and 1450 CE near modern-day Masvingo, Zimbabwe. Believed to be the work of the Shona (who today make ...

Embeth Davidtz remembers the violence — and the fear. When she was 8, she moved from bucolic New Jersey, with its rolling ...

Through astonishing political ignorance, those who claim to be the successors to the Zezuru throan today, Constantino ...

Nearly 20,000 Shona citizens once animated the 1,800-acre ruins of Great Zimbabwe. Sub-Saharan Africa has many zimbabwes, or stone villages, but this one is by far the most legendary. All that ...

Great Shona writers – such as Solomon Mutswairo, Patrick Chakaipa and more recently Ignatius Mabasa – have written books that use allegory to respond to a range of crises in Zimbabwe.

The new Shona Joy La Lune bridal collection celebrates the unique bride with accessories that tell a story, and pieces that speak to her individuality.

From the mbira-led soul of Chimurenga to the genre-bending rhythms of Zimdancehall, Afropop, and amapiano fusions, Zimbabwe’s ...

A group of Zimbabwe’s liberation war veterans has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to step down. The veterans, affiliated with the ruling Zanu-PF Party, accuse the president of nepotism ...

Through the Shona translation, Gappah said they had been able to bring added depth, meaning and humour for readers as their characters use the different Shona dialects spoken around Zimbabwe.