In April of 1980, when Bob Marley arrived to headline the independence celebrations that would see Rhodesia become Zimbabwe, his song “Zimbabwe,” the centerpiece of the “Survival” album, was the most ...

In this opinion piece, Gabriel Manyati makes the case for Leonard Zhakata's Mugove as Zimbabwe's greatest song, praising its ...

My love affair with JazzIt was my 25th birthday. We were in Jazz 105 and Jabavu Drive was crooning on stage. A few patrons sashayed on the dance floor; some like us were seated, satiating hunger pangs ...

Oliver Mtukudzi, who generally steered clear of politics in his songs and won a following across the continent and beyond, ...

Music and politics have always been intertwined, from "Yankee Doodle" to "A Change is Gonna Come." And that's true in Zimbabwe, too — a country that is now facing a historic political transition. In ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe — First came the bottles, then the cans. Before Winky D had even stepped onto the stage, the crowd was pelting him with garbage, forcing the Zimbabwean singer to escape to his car. It ...

Winky D’s hit Ibotso has seen him removed from stage by police. Screengrab/Happy Again/winkyonline The lyrics he was singing include the line: Ini ndiri muimbi chete handina pfumo handina bakatwa. (I ...

Dickson "Chinx" Chingaira, a Zimbabwean revolutionary and musician who died of cancer last week at the age of 61, may be considered a hero within the rank-and-file of President Robert Mugabe's ...