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RENOWNED research scientist and mathematician Gibson Mandishona has died. He was 80. Born on February 2 in 1943, Mandishona was also an accomplished musician and arts manager. He is famed for co-writing the song Zimbabwe with Bob Marley while he was still in Ethiopia working as a consultant for the United Nations (UN). Mandishona who…

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THE rivalry between Jah “JP” Prayzah and Winky D is escalating to unprecedented levels. Competition between the two singers has mostly played out in their music and timing of release of projects. However, recent developments seem to signal a shift towards uncouth tactics to prove superiority — talk of sabotage and unwarranted social media attacks…

Exploring the unparalleled influence of King Sunny Ade, Nigeria's first international superstar, on the global Afrobeats landscape and his lasting legacy in the music industry.

Set upon the hard scrub granite slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains. Anchored in bedrock, bathed in dust, Old Californio defy easy categorization. Their country-folk tinged rock & roll; rooted, organic and expansive in spirit, traces its homegrown beginnings to a converted chicken coop garage on a forgotten street straight out of the imagination of R.  Crumb. If you know, you know.

Banning Eyre reviews Mokoomba's 2023 album, Tusona (Tracings In The Sand).

Despite Russia’s decline and China’s economic woes, the idea of a nondollarized economy has strong appeal across the continent.

The outspoken musician has always been of the view that elections won’t dislodge Mnangagwa’s administration but citizens should go into the streets to end Zanu PF’s 43 year long rule.

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IN June 2023, the America-based National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) which organises arguably the most respected, well-known and much sought-...