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 ...

He says musicians still based in Zimbabwe piece together a living with performances outside the country where they are paid in foreign currency. A $2,000 or $3,000 performance fee can mean month of ...

THIS year,gospel musicians the Charambas and Shingisai Suluma have announced their celebrations of 30 years of celebrating gospel music ministry. To mark the milestone, The Charambas released three ...

John Thomerson (left) plays the mbira next to master mbira musician “Sinyoro” Caution Shonhai. When SKyCTC Academic Adviser John Thomerson first picked up a mbira, a Southern African “thumb piano,” as ...

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.

The UN Resident Coordinator's Office (RCO) coordinates the United Nations' development programme in Zimbabwe in joint agreement with the host government. The RCO is managed and strategically guided by ...

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 ...

Harare — Criminal is the only word that describes what is being done by the Zimbabwe Music Rights Association to musicians who are not its members. The music rights organisation collects royalties on ...

Oliver Mtukudzi, whose singing and guitar playing harnessed influences from across Southern Africa to create the most popular musical style in Zimbabwe, died Jan. 23 in Harare, the nation’s capital.

One of Zimbabwe's most celebrated musician Oliver Mtukudzi died Wednesday of an undisclosed ailment, a former colleague has said. "He has rested. He had been in and out of the hospital since last year ...