Upcoming designer and fashionista Phillip Mudzimurega has urged locals to embrace and appreciate Zimbabwean fashion designs as a way of showing a sense of patriotism, national identity, sovereignty and pride. Mudzimurega is the brains behind the trending designer “PHILMUD and Zimbabwean Tuxedo” clothing. He has made headlines for creating a designer suit out of the […]
French government says it would assist Africans in a dialogue to retrace their cultural heritage. The French government is to partner the Benin monarchy for the repatriation of Benin artworks which were looted from the kingdom more than a century ago. Jerome Pasquier, France Ambassador to Nigeria, disclosed this when he led some officials of […]
Award-winning Nigerian musician David Adeleke, popularly known by his stage name Davido, has become the most followed artiste on Instagram after hitting 20 million followers. Davido broke the news to his fans and celebrated the event by dropping a new hit “CHO CHO” featuring Zlatan and MayorKun. View this post on Instagram A post shared […]
Lagos — Popular music star, David Adeleke (aka Davido) has been unveiled as the brand ambassador for soap detergent product, Viva. This was made known to the media at an event in Lagos recently by one of the largest market and distributor of hygiene cleaning products in Nigeria, Aspira. The head, Marketing and Advertising of […]
There has been an outpouring of grief from mourners on the passing of artist Maria Tuna-Omukwathi Uushona, known as Tunakie, the Queen of Otyaka. She passed on over the weekend and her death was confirmed to the media by her producer Trace Garren. Many went to social media to express their disbelief and comfort the […]
Local online telecast, Nash TV has bowed to public pressure and relinquished all its copyrights over music it produced for artists after an ‘exploitative’ contract leaked drawing criticism from netizens. In a leaked contract, artists were made to surrender all their rights over their music content to the collective Nash Group in exchange for promotions, […]
Former Churchill Show comedian Eddie Butita has lashed out at Deputy President William Ruto for sidelining comedians during his recent meeting with artistes at his Karen residence. Butita took to social media to express his sentiment saying the meeting oerchestrated by DP Ruto was a good idea but it was badly executed. “Leo Creatives walienda […]
The South African Netflix original documentary, “My Octopus Teacher”, has won an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. “This is an important milestone, as it will encourage further investments, skills transfer and collaboration in South Africa’s film industry,” Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, said on Monday in a tweet on the social media […]
There are few people that Dambudzo Marechera’s line “I write what I live, I live what I write,” could better describe than Soul Jah Love. Exceptionally gifted and a Zimdancehall sensation, the late Soul Jah Love, born Soul Muzavazi Musaka, who was granted liberation war hero status alter his death, was a man to whom […]
Ugandan comedian Anne Kansiime and her musician boyfriend Abraham Tukahiirwa alias Skylanta are the newest parents in town. The comedian took to social media on Saturday to welcome their baby boy Selassie Ataho. The mother of one shared a picture of her holding her newborn baby and on the caption, she added the Instagram account […]
Social media has been awash with allegations that online television channel Nash TV is fleecing upcoming artistes through incorrigible contracts. But Nash TV has refuted the allegations, saying some artistes rush to sign their contracts without necessarily understanding the contents. What some of these artistes do, is get excited with expectation of oncoming exposure and […]
Zimbabwean sculptor David Ngwerume will tell you that his country has beautiful stones. “I’m taking advantage of that beauty to capture the world’s attention,” the 40-year-old says. David Ngwerume gestures to his garden, in a leafy Harare suburb, where his latest creations stand beneath the boughs of shady trees. “Most of these stones that you […]
Seasoned actor, director, dancer, choreographer and now musician Ishmael “Litshe” Muvingi feels robbed by the national broadcaster ZBC after he was part of a drama production in 2015. Litshe was the lead actor in a Ndebele drama titled Ezako Mkhakha, which was produced by ZBC and where he featured in 13 episodes. The actor told […]
Positive reactions and glitz have continued to trail the just premiered JCI Ikeja’s short film titled ‘Still With Us’. The movie that was premiered at the April General Assembly of the organisation stressed the need for everyone to follow all precautionary measures of COVID-19 to stem the spread of the virus, as the virus is […]
Ferdinand Ekechukwu reports that Organisers of the Nollywood Week Film Festival have announced the official selection for this year’s edition scheduled to take place virtually between Thursday, May 6 and Sunday, May 9, 2021 The selections for the 2021 Nollywood Week Film Festival is made up of eight short films and 10 feature films, scheduled […]
Lungile Moferi’s tuk-tuk doubles as a mobile library It’s a tuk-tuk (a three-wheeled motor vehicle), but it is also a mobile library. On Thursday, the VUSA Academy Programme launched its mobile library initiative in Langa. Lungile Moferi drives the library slowly around the streets of Langa, and makes his first stop at an early childhood […]
Rwandan-British dancer and actress Sherrie Silver is among a host of African stars who are up in arms against malaria, another epidemic which they say is being forgotten about due to the Covid-19 pandemic yet still kills hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. The stars and changemakers are coming together to inspire young people from […]
Cape Town — The popular rapper Kiernan Forbes, best known as AKA, has broken his silence two weeks after his fiancée Anele ‘Nellie’ Tembe’s tragic death. In the statement, AKA described the pain of losing the love of his life as a “mountain to climb”. “Every day feels like a mountain to climb. I miss […]