Arts + Culture
Great Zimbabwe: the stone city that gave a nation its name
Great Zimbabwe, a vast stone city near Masvingo built between roughly the 11th and 15th centuries, was the…
Zimbabwe
Music
Sungura: the guitar music of Zimbabwe’s buses, beer halls and Alick Macheso
Sungura, Zimbabwe's most popular dance music, is built on fast interlocking guitars and a busy bass. Stars such…
Music
Stella Chiweshe: the mbira queen who played an instrument women were told to leave alone
Stella Chiweshe, born in Mhondoro in 1946, took up the mbira in the 1960s despite criticism that it…
Arts + Culture
From Harare to Wembley: the Bhundu Boys, John Peel’s favourite band, who opened for Madonna in 1987
The Bhundu Boys, a Zimbabwean band playing fast, joyful jit music, became a sensation in Britain in the…
Arts + Culture
Thomas Mapfumo put the mbira on the electric guitar and sang against Rhodesia. Then he turned on Mugabe
Thomas Mapfumo, the Lion of Zimbabwe, created chimurenga music by translating the patterns of the mbira to electric…
Music
Who Is SPACE THE RULER? The Zimbabwean Artist Behind the 26-Track Slut Pink City (Edition)
On 25 September 2026, a Zimbabwean artist most listeners have not heard of yet released a 26-track album.…