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Maphrida Forichi

Goodbye Zumba, Hello Afrofit

Goodbye Zumba, Hello Afrofit. If you haven’t heard of the new dance movement that’s been getting Zimbabwe on its feet (literally), I don’t know what couch you’ve been potato-ing on. More and more Zimbabweans have become health conscious, both in terms of the food they ingest and fitness. 

An Intro to Tiritose

Unlike the rest of his artistic family, Maraire claims to have no artistic bone himself, but harbours more talent in business. While pursuing his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Industrial Sociology and Political Science and Labour Law, respectively, at University of Cape Town, Maraire was exposed to several social entrepreneurship initiatives.

A Close Look at Retrospex the Band

The 80s marked the birth of Western rock music, which also found its way to Africa, and to our very own Zimbabwe, in the form of afro-rock. Zimbabwean band, Retrospex, is one of the only groups in Zimbabwe "rocking on" amidst the dancehall and afro-pop epidemic present today.

Meet Amard: Zimbabwean Female Hip Hop Artist

There’s a new “bad gal” on the block! In fact, she’s not that new… she’s been around for two years. However, she has recently gained cred in the hip hop scene from her nomination for Best Female at the Zimbabwe Hip Hop Awards.

Global What? Climate Change?

Littering out the window while driving, burning plastic, owning three cars per family, using fridges till their very end, utilising hazardous household chemicals and farming with synthetic fertilizers...are we as Zimbabweans embracing the notion of Global Warming? The way I see it, we don’t seem to be.