Manny Beckles has a passion for collecting sculptures, but not just any sculptures – his expertise and interest lies in Shona sculptures and the rich history and contemporary cultural influence that ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Listeners who come to traditional African music from the American variety will find it a refreshingly organic experience. The sonorities reflect a variety of instruments both ancient and modern, ...

Can you explain how you fall in love?” asks Erica Azim. “In a certain way it’s an impossible question.” Yet it’s a conundrum the Berkeley native has contemplated for half a century, every time she’s ...

I’m not Shona, but as a kid, I went to schools where learning Shona was compulsory. And I remember the moment I decided I’d had enough: Your father’s father? Sekuru. Your mother’s brother? Also Sekuru ...

*”Shona-English Name Dictionary” by Eliah Chakanetsa Kapezi, as the title suggests, is a compilation of Shona names with their meanings translated into English. Only those names easily translatable ...

The University of Zimbabwe on Friday launched the first ever Chinese-Shona dictionary alongside five other books as the country's oldest institution of higher learning moves to advance intercultural ...

Today's Google Doodle is celebrating Zimbabwe's national instrument, the mbira, for Zimbabwe's Culture Week. The Google Doodle follows a Zimbabwean girl's experience of discovering and learning to ...

For singer/songwriter Chiwoniso Maraire, Monday’s debut performance at Jazz Alley is like coming home. One of Zimbabwe’s biggest stars, Chiwoniso, who records and performs solely under her first name, ...

Shona McCarthy, the former boss of Derry-Londonderry's year as City of Culture, is to be the new leader of the world's biggest arts festival, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Currently a cultural ...