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A Million Colours, also called Colors of Heaven, is a 2011 film directed by Peter Bishai [1] and co-written with Andre Pieterse. It is based on the lives of Muntu Ndebele and Norman Knox, actors in the film Forever Young, Forever Free, also known as e'Lollipop.
The name Chimurenga is coined from the great ancestor of the now Shona, Venda and Kalanga people.The Nambya people are also a part of this group. Their ancestor was known by the name Murenga Musorowenzou (Head of an Elephant), known by the Venda as Thoho yaNdou and Sholo reZhou. [2]
Lovemore Majaivana (born 1954) – Ndebele music singer-songwriter; Zeke Manyika (born 1955) – England-based rock and roll singer-songwriter and drummer; Leonard Mapfumo (born 1983) – urban grooves and hip hop artist; Thomas Mapfumo (born 1945) – chimurenga music artist; Chiwoniso Maraire (1976–2013) – mbira player and singer ...
This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection is a 2019 drama film directed by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese and co-produced by Cait Pansegrouw and Elias Ribeiro. [2] The film stars Mary Twala Mhlongo , with Jerry Mofokeng Wa, Makhaola Ndebele, Tseko Monaheng and Siphiwe Nzima-Ntskhe in supporting roles.
While some programming was in Shona and Ndebele, 80 per cent of programming was in English, of which most was imported, mainly from the US, Britain and Australia. [65] Despite this reliance on foreign content, in the 1980s, the locally produced drama The Mukadota Family became the most popular programme in the country. [66]
She was a powerful woman and staunchly committed to upholding traditional Shona culture. In a map drawn by missionaries (c. 1888) displaying work by the Church, there is a village called Nehanda's. Mbuya Nehanda was instrumental in organising the nationwide participation in the First Chimurenga of 1896–7.
Chimurenga music is a genre developed by Thomas Mapfumo named for the Shona language word for struggle. [2] Mapfumo and his band, the Blacks Unlimited developed a style of music based on traditional mbira music, but played with modern electric instrumentation, with lyrics characterized by social and political commentary.
This page presents a summary of the collaboration between Wikimedia and Chimurenga.Chimurenga contributes to the project WikiAfrica and it's a GLAM.Chimurenga Library is a project promoted by the South African Chimurenga magazine and supported by Fondation lettera27 Onlus inside the widest programme of WikiAfrica initiatives (October 2007-December 2008).