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Bulawayo dominates Namas

BULAWAYO artistes dominated the National Art Merit Awards (Namas) in Harare scooping 12 out 33 of the accolades for their hard work during 2014.On a memorable night at the 7 Arts Theatre in the capital on Saturday, theatrical production Um…

Published: 16 Feb 2015 at 06:54hrs | | by Bongani Ndlovu

NoViolet Bulawayo wows US audience

BROOKLYN - Award winning author NoViolet Bulawayo last week took to the microphone, reading from her first novel, We Need New Names at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in the United States.Published last year, the story follows a girl n…

Published: 25 Mar 2014 at 11:06hrs | 2 | by brooklyneagle.com

NoViolet Bulawayo wins another Award

ZIMBABWE-BORN NoViolet Bulawayo, a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, is this year's winner of the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for "We Need New Names".The novel follows a 10-year-old girl who leaves her shantytown in Zimbabwe to liv…

Published: 17 Mar 2014 at 08:51hrs | | by Staff reporter

NoViolet Bulawayo wins the Etisalat Prize for Literature

Zimbabwean NoViolet Bulawayo has won the inaugural Etisalat Prize for Literature for debut fiction, for her novel We Need New Names, it was announced in Lagos, Nigeria a short while ago.Having missed out on both the Man Booker Prize and th…

Published: 24 Feb 2014 at 09:17hrs | | by Staff reporter

NoViolet's star continues to shine bright

NOVIOLET Bulawayo's star continues to shine bright as she has once again been nominated for another prestigious award for her book We Need New Names.The award, Etisalat Prize for Literature is the first Pan-African literary prize created t…

Published: 24 Jan 2014 at 09:34hrs | | by Staff reporter

Black Umfolosi rework albums

WORLD travelled Imbube exponents Black Umfolosi are re-recording their yesteryear albums to make them available on the local market as well as upgrade them to compact discs. The well travelled ensemble has a total of 15 albums. Tomick Dube…

Published: 07 Jun 2013 at 04:08hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara

Zimbabwean artist sings with Bonakele

JOHANNESBURG - Celebrated Isichamiya group Izinkanyezi Zezulu vocalist Mxolisi Mavundla tackles social injustices through his solo debut Maskandi album titled Kobandayo (In the land of the dead) which features popular Maskandi artist Bonak…

Published: 25 Apr 2013 at 09:59hrs | | by Vusumuzi Ndlovu

Umkhathi to perform in US

MULTI-Award winning arts ensemble, Umkhathi Theatre Works, is set to write its own piece of history as it makes a debut appearance at the New York Dance Africa Festival in the United States.The month-long carnival which kicks off next mont…

Published: 18 Apr 2013 at 04:37hrs | | by Arts reporter

PureMatics Hostile TakeOver video is out

Hostile TakeOver is the debut title track from purematics album. This track features Malawi`s best hiphop export Jinx aka Muna of Muna Pro and Rush Records. The video was shot and post produced in Hull City by PureMatics and Levi Nleya. Sp…

Published: 13 Jul 2011 at 17:26hrs | 1 | by Mafu Sithabile

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