The falls that refused to fall
How a cyclone, a waterfall, and a gown carried Zimbabwe’s resilience to Poland. by NORMA TSOPO THE CATARACT drops fifty metres over the Chimanimani escarpment. Tourists know it as the Bridal Veil.
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Netflix’s The Polygamist confuses culture with sexual deviance
The series fails to interrogate polygamy and instead mistakes sexual pathology for culture. There is a difference between interrogating culture and butchering it. The Polygamist does the latter. by BHEKISISA MNCUBE “Bad writing is like any other form of crime: most of it is unimaginative and tiresomely predictable.” That Richard Mitchell line appeared on my Facebook…
The rhythm of rehabilitation
A prison service finds an unlikely stage—and a new tune—for reform by STAFF WRITER THE stage at the Mandel Leisure Centre at Watsomba was an unlikely venue for penological innovation. Nor was the Chibuku neShamwari Traditional Dance Competition.
Celebrated at State House
Jeys Marabini, a Zimbabwean troubadour, discovers that the best endorsement comes in uniform by STAFF WRITER “WHAT a humbling moment,” marvelled Jeys Marabini, a musician known for his nimble fusion of imbube and Afro-jazz.
In the Lowveld, a Quiet Revolutionary Rewrites Zimbabwe’s Screen
by BERNARD CHIKETO IT IS THE synopsis that grips, not the scenery. Two detectives are tasked with investigating the kidnapping and disappearance of a 15-month-old baby, only to find that everyone—the mother, a powerful socialite, and even the detectives themselves—has become a prime suspect.
Gifts that keep on taking
How Sir Wicknell turned a media house’s ethics code into a bargain-hunter’s paradise by BERNARD CHIKETO TO THE untrained eye, Zimpapers’ media-ethics rulebook is a stout, humourless document. It frowns upon journalists accepting gifts worth more than US$100, a sum presumably calculated to allow for a modest lunch but not, say, a brand-new SUV.
The Final Rhythm: Reggae Legend Sly Dunbar Dies at 73
STAFF WRITER LOWELL Fillmore “Sly” Dunbar, the pioneering drummer whose revolutionary beats formed the backbone of reggae and provided rhythm for musical titans from Bob Dylan to Grace Jones, died Monday morning at his home in Jamaica.
The Last Roar – Thomas Mapfumo’s Final Bow
by BERNARD CHIKETO Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo, the exiled lion of Zimbabwean music, will return home in April for a final farewell performance.