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, ...

Two books by Zimbabwean novelist, playwright and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga are some of the latest novels to be translated into Shona. The two titles are part of the trilogy by Dangarembga which ...

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The University of Zimbabwe on Friday launched the first ever Chinese- Shona dictionary alongside five other books as the country's oldest institution of higher learning moves to advance intercultural ...

Today's Google Doodle is celebrating Zimbabwe's national instrument, the mbira, for Zimbabwe's Culture Week. The Google Doodle follows a Zimbabwean girl's experience of discovering and learning to ...

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. "In the ...

In Europe, contemporary sculptors don’t get much time in the sun, largely because the Western reaches in particular have a stronger association with painters and painting. Compare the renown of ...

Did you think of trying to learn an African language online during the pandemic, only to be disappointed when you found popular apps like Duolingo didn't offer Shona or Ndebele or Venda? Don't despair ...

It's clear to me, as a scholar of Zimbabwean literature, that too few great books are available in the country's indigenous languages. This matters particularly because there are few bookshops and ...

Tinashe Mushakavanhu does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...