ADMIRE Kudita

She has hobnobbed with Hollywood glitterati such as Denzel Washington, Spike Lee and a galaxy of others. In the country during the festive holidays to showcase her award winning play The Convert, Danai is the lead actress in the cult US television series called The Walking Dead.

US giant IT company Google has begun to notice and shortlisted the young Zimbabweans for their Africa Connected initiative which is aimed at identifying and rewarding young creative African thinkers and entrepreneurs who utilise their Google services to make a difference in the lives of global youth.

The ostensible purpose of the summit was to tackle the national, sub-regional and continental policies of development and promotion of handicrafts in Codepa member-states. Delegates from the 26-member organisation over the course of three days discussed topics and recommendations around matters such as social protection for handicraft artisans and families, creation of an information system on African crafts and extension of the small craft enterprise support programme of West Africa to other regions.

Recently, African Union (AU) member states endorsed the draft statute of the African Audio Visual and Cinema Commission (AACC) to boost the African film industry. Ministers of Arts and Culture met in Kenya to endorse the draft.

Mapfumo long sang that the country (Zimbabwe) was in tatters in the song Mamvemve. Several other songs hit hard at government for mismanaging the country. Mapfumo has been holding gigs in places such as South Africa and the UK to largely Zimbabweans expatriates over the years. The question that comes to mind in the midst of all that is happening is how far should artistes take their protest?

The commercial launch of iFlix’s SVoD service across Sub-Saharan Africa has seen it showcase its vast catalogue of thousands of TV shows, movies and more, including many first run exclusives and award-winning programmes available to hundreds of millions of consumers across the region.

The New York Times and many other distinguished United States publications gave them rave reviews on their recent tour...

There have been dramatic changes in the publishing industry over the last few years due to new technology...

IN what is clearly another demonstration of the growing ethos of collaborative effort in the tourism and cultural industries, a newly-launched cultural legacy project — the Painted House competition — has set Matobo villagers abuzz with anticipation...

On the occasion of International Crop Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)'s 40-year anniversary in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe...