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, ...

Two books by Zimbabwean novelist, playwright and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga are some of the latest novels to be translated into Shona. The two titles are part of the trilogy by Dangarembga which ...

The Kenyan government has granted citizenship to nearly 1,700 people of Shona origin, who settled in the east African country from Zimbabwe in the 1930s. In an interview, Shona community leader, ...

The Center for World Music presents Mbira Bhururu: Songs of the Shona People of Zimbabwe. Experience the rich cultural and musical heritage of Zimbabwe through the traditional sounds of the mbira ...

As a stateless girl, it’s been a challenging but great journey to get to where I am,” says the soft-spoken 20-year-old. The Shona people arrived in Kenya from what was then Rhodesia ­– now Zimbabwe – ...

Editor's note: From April 13-19 2021, Blessing Sibanda will be hosting the @DigiAfricanLang rotating Twitter account, which explores how technology can be used to revitalize African languages. Read ...