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Petina Gappah — Zimbabwean Authors and Writers legend

Authors and Writers

Petina Gappah

Petina Gappah — Internationally Celebrated Zimbabwean Novelist, Short Story Virtuoso, Guardian First Book Award Winner, McKitterick Prize Recipient & International Trade Lawyer Behind 'An Elegy for Easterly', 'The Book of Memory', and 'Out of Darkness, Shining Light'

Judy Croome — Zimbabwean Authors and Writers legend

Authors and Writers

Judy Croome

Judy Croome — Zimbabwean-Born Poet, Novelist, and Librarian Whose Verses and Prose Explore Memory, Loss, and the Search for Meaning

Shimmer Chinodya — Zimbabwean Authors and Writers legend

Authors and Writers

Shimmer Chinodya

Shimmer Chinodya — Renowned Zimbabwean Novelist, Poet, and Educator, Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for 'Harvest of Thorns'

Brian Chikwava — Zimbabwean Authors and Writers legend

Authors and Writers

Brian Chikwava

Brian Chikwava — Award-Winning Zimbabwean Novelist, Short Story Writer, and Caine Prize Recipient Celebrated for His Bold, Satirical Voice

Jacob Chikuhwa — Zimbabwean Authors and Writers legend

Authors and Writers

Jacob Chikuhwa

Jacob Chikuhwa — Zimbabwean Author, Energy Economist, Political Analyst, and Chronicler of the Nation's Transition from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe

Bester Kanyama — Zimbabwean Photography / Visual Arts legend

Photography / Visual Arts

Bester Kanyama

Dean of Zimbabwean Photojournalism & Presidential Photographer — The Trailblazing 'Johnnie Walker' Photojournalist and Founder of Foto Bester Kanyama Studios in Highfield Who Documented the Liberation Struggle, Authored 'Kutora Mifananidzo', and Captured Decades of National History Through His Iconic Lens

Joyce Jenje Makwenda — Zimbabwean Authors and Writers legend

Authors and Writers

Joyce Jenje Makwenda

Pioneering Ethnomusicologist, Social Historian, Cultural Archivist, Author, and Documentary Filmmaker — The Visionary Collector of Over 10,000 Vintage Vinyl Records and Founder of the Joyce Jenje-Makwenda Collection Archive Preserving Zimbabwe's Township Music Heritage

Chirikure Chirikure — Zimbabwean Authors and Writers legend

Authors and Writers

Chirikure Chirikure

Zimbabwe's Foremost Performance Poet, Mbira-Playing Wordsmith, Publisher, and Cultural Activist — The Visionary Voice Who Married the Spoken Word to the Sacred Sounds of the Mbira and Carried Zimbabwean Poetry Onto the World's Stages

Stephen Joel Chifunyise — Zimbabwean Authors and Writers legend

Authors and Writers

Stephen Joel Chifunyise

Zimbabwe's Most Performed and Published Playwright, UNESCO Cultural Governance Expert, Co-Founder of CHIPAWO, and Permanent Secretary for Education and Culture — The Visionary Dramatist and Public Servant Who Built the Institutional Foundations of Post-Independence Zimbabwean Theatre and Cultural Policy

Arthur Jim Patsanza — Zimbabwean Authors and Writers legend

Authors and Writers

Arthur Jim Patsanza

Academic Luminary, Renowned Author, Columnist & Pan-African Intellectual — Author of 'Our Zimbabwe: An Element of Political Economy' Who Championed African Consciousness, Cultural Heritage & Intellectual Sovereignty

Mbende Jerusarema — Zimbabwean Traditional Music / Dance legend

Traditional Music / Dance

Mbende Jerusarema

Eroticism or a Viable Cultural Vehicle? UNESCO Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage

Solomon Mahlathini — Zimbabwean Authors and Writers legend

Authors and Writers

Solomon Mahlathini

Visual Artist Painting His Way to World Fame from the Diaspora

Joseph Ndandarika — Zimbabwean Stone/Wood Carving legend

Stone/Wood Carving

Joseph Ndandarika

A Sangoma's Apprentice Who Became a Guru in Stone Sculpture and Painting

Dominic Benhura — Zimbabwean Stone/Wood Carving legend

Stone/Wood Carving

Dominic Benhura

A World Beater Struggling to Make a Name at Home

Joram Mariga — Zimbabwean Stone/Wood Carving legend

Stone/Wood Carving

Joram Mariga

The Godfather of Zimbabwe Stone Sculpture

Locardia Ndandarika — Zimbabwean Stone/Wood Carving legend

Stone/Wood Carving

Locardia Ndandarika

Creating Art from Nature's Raw Materials — The Mother of Stone Sculpture

Pathisa Nyathi — Zimbabwean Authors and Writers legend

Authors and Writers

Pathisa Nyathi

The Miracle Baby Performing Wonders

Barbara Makhalisa — Zimbabwean Authors and Writers legend

Authors and Writers

Barbara Makhalisa

The Veteran Proponent of Gender Equality

Susan Chenjerai (Mai Rwizi) — Zimbabwean Movies legend

Susan Chenjerai (Mai Rwizi)

Mai Rwizi — The Iconic Mother of Zimbabwean Television, Music Pioneer & Spiritual Leader (1941–2024)

Prosper Ngomashi — Zimbabwean Movies legend

Prosper Ngomashi

Comic Pastor — The "Pastor" Who Preaches Mental Therapy

Phillip 'Paraffin' Mushangwe — Zimbabwean Movies legend

Phillip 'Paraffin' Mushangwe

Baba vaSorobhi — Zimbabwe's Beloved TV Comedian

Norah Chipaumire — Zimbabwean Movies legend

Norah Chipaumire

Lawyer who Turned to Arts to Confront Childhood Trauma

Danai Gurira — Zimbabwean Movies legend

Danai Gurira

Zimbabwe's Iron Lady

Tongayi Chirisa — Zimbabwean Movies legend

Tongayi Chirisa

The Hollywood Dream Chaser

Thandiwe Newton — Zimbabwean Movies legend

Thandiwe Newton

The Lady Who Defied Racism

Tafara Nyatsanza — Zimbabwean Movies legend

Tafara Nyatsanza

From a Horror Upbringing to a Hollywood Horror Actor

Denzel Burutsa — Zimbabwean Movies legend

Denzel Burutsa

The Actor Who Ate, Slept and Lived for Television Work

Kubi Chaza — Zimbabwean Movies legend

Kubi Chaza

Zimbabwean Woman who “Betrays” 007 James Bond

Aaron Chiundura Moyo — Zimbabwean Authors and Writers legend

Authors and Writers

Aaron Chiundura Moyo

The Farm boy who Rose to be Zimbabwe’s Finest Writer

Chenjerai Hove — Zimbabwean Authors and Writers legend

Authors and Writers

Chenjerai Hove

The writer who bleeds, burns and despairs with the Voiceless

Dambudzo Marechera — Zimbabwean Authors and Writers legend

Authors and Writers

Dambudzo Marechera

Genius or and Mental Case?

NoViolet Bulawayo — Zimbabwean Authors and Writers legend

Authors and Writers

NoViolet Bulawayo

The Writer Who Ventures Where Others Fear To Tread

Tsitsi Dangarembga — Zimbabwean Authors and Writers legend

Authors and Writers

Tsitsi Dangarembga

A little Shy Girl Who Matured Into a Fighter of Injustices Against Women

Yvonne Vera — Zimbabwean Authors and Writers legend

Authors and Writers

Yvonne Vera

The lady who regretted dying before completing her book