Mavima Reviews The Song That Won’t Go Away: The Many Incarnations of Handiende. 26 Nov 2022 Earlier this week, it was announced that songstress Cindy Munyavi would celebrate her birthday by releasing a Kae Chaps-assisted single, Handiende. I was conflicted. On one hand, the Queen of…
Mavima Reviews 10 Songs for Mama: Your Mother’s Day Playlist 8 May 2022 Is there a more universally revered societal position than Motherhood? I’m hard-pressed to think of one. The prevalence of Zimbabwean songs dedicated to moms should thus come as no surprise.…
Mavima Reviews 10 Yesteryear Summer Anthems You May Have Forgotten About #earGROUND 18 Dec 202018 Dec 2020 And just like that, we find ourselves in the throes of summer again! On one hand, 2020 has been an incredibly long year, whose ups and downs have been unprecedented.…
Mavima Reviews 7 Zimbabwean Artists with distinct Signature tropes in their Music 27 Nov 202030 Oct 2022 Most artists are creatures of habit. The perfection of a craft, coupled by the lived experiences and skill sets from which it grows, often lend itself to repetition. Simply put,…
Mavima Reviews 15 Songs to get Your #ZimbabweanLivesMatter Playlist Started 7 Aug 2020 Nobody knows for certain what this will all mean in the annals of history, but there is something happening. Lest I bore you with details that you are overwhelmingly familiar…
Mavima Reviews 10 Urban Songs For Your Mother’s Day Playlist #earGROUND 10 May 202010 May 2020 This year’s mother’s day, like most things in this season, is a little different. More than before, many are unable to see Mhamha and, in the especially heart-rendering cases, may…
Mavima Reviews… 10 Important Life Lessons from ZimDancehall 25 Apr 202025 Apr 2020 I’m here for ZimDancehall. Let it go on record that no other cultural movement has been both definitive and reflective of 21st century urban Zimbabwean life than mangoma. Since earnest…
Mavima Reviews ZimDancehall will not go down the Urban Grooves route _ Part 1 #Earground 8 Mar 202019 Apr 2020 Let the naysayers step forth! Writes Shingirirai Mavima, Muchigan, USA In what is proving to be a perennial theme, pundits of varying notoriety and platforms are again predicting the imminent…
Mavima Reviews Five 2019 Sunday Morning Jams that were missing from the Permican Awards! 23 Nov 2019 Zimbabweans have an intractable relationship with Gospel music. While in most other countries the genre occupies the periphery of the industry, it is undoubtedly mainstream in Zim. The biggest gospel…
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