Telling the truth about blackness in a white world
Sekai Makoni is a writer, speaker, activist, podcast host and training facilitator. She is currently based in Amsterdam but grew up in Cambridge and London. Sekai moved to The Netherlands …
Tag: Zimbabwe
Three of my favourite places outside Harare, my city
I moved to Harare, Zimbabwe, in March 2016 after my husband was transferred for work. It was a huge cultural change having been in Eastern Africa for eighteen years, where Swahili was spoken …
Can Bride Price in Zimbabwe be feminist?
I was born in Zaka, a small rural farming district in the South East of Zimbabwe seven years after Independence. When I was three, I moved to the capital – Harare to live with my …
Zimbabwean artist Mae Sithole on the ‘Ubuntu’ nature of African music
Mae Sithole was born in Zimbabwe but grew up internationally. For the last ten years, she has been based in Cape Town, South Africa. She is the lead singer of the Mae Sithole band and also …
Top 5 Black female Zimbabwean writers everyone should know
Whether you fancy yourself a wordsmith or a bibliophile or you just want to be informed and inspired here are Zimbabwe’s finest literary exports. Dr. Yvonne Vera (September 19, 1964 …
The 12 year old Zimbabwean prodigy forging her path in motocross racing
At the age of 12, Tanyarazwa Muzinda, or Tanya, is already an accomplished motocross rider from Harare, Zimbabwe. A driven and inspirational girl who has been tackling a sport that is widely …
How a Zimbabwean Entrepreneur is Carrying her Shona Culture in The Netherlands
Based in the Netherlands, Melissa Muchaneta Budding Vandira, is the founder of Bereka, a company that began with a Zimbabwean inspired baby carrying sling and then evolved to include mother …
Zimbabwean Filmmaker Rumbi Katedza Talks About Sensitively Depicting Authentic Refugee Stories
Rumbi Katedza, director of an Of Africa Cinema Homeland feature, the award winning short film Asylum, has an extensive resume. Rumbi has lived in the USA, Japan, Italy, Canada, the UK and …
More Than Just Hair: The Politics of Natural Hair
With art by Laylie Frazier About seven years ago I noticed that my relaxed hair was thinning and generally looking rather unhealthy. A friend suggested I go natural because my hair would …
Have You Heard of Zimbabwe’s Iconic Plus Size Model .R. the Towering Goddess?
Body image, particularly, women’s body confidence has been framed as a critical issue worldwide. However, when thinking about the Motherland, and what the opinions and experiences of the …