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 ...

FILE - In this Thursday June 30, 2011 file photo, Zimbabwe music superstar, Oliver Mutukudzi plays in his music academy in Norton about 40 kilometres from Harare. Zimbabwean musician and world music ...

Mtukudzi was one the country’s most celebrated musicians and the Zimbabwe arts regulating body wrote to the President to seek the status for him. “He deserves the status because of his hard work and ...

South African music icon Yvonne Chaka Chaka summed it up powerfully: “Copyright is the backbone of a fair and thriving ...

The 2025 Zimbabwe Jazz Festival, meticulously orchestrated by the Zimbabwe Jazz Community Trust (ZJCT) and Alliance Française ...

Ebba Chitambo, 66, made music during Zimbabwe's fight for independence. Now, he's giving advice to a new generation of musicians about writing... Politics In Zimbabwe Has A New Soundtrack Music and ...

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 ...

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, ...

Zimbabwe's music industry is facing renewed turmoil as some artists accuse the Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (ZIMURA) of mismanagement, lack of ...

Prudence Mabhena, the lead singer of the Afro-fusion band Liyana, glowed as she sang during her maiden U.S concert tour. The wheelchair that served as her legs and, to a certain extent, her arms, ...

Top gospel musicians will converge on the Zimbabwe Grounds in Highfields for the Love Zimbabwe Festival, to be held from 26 to 28 September.