Arts, Culture and Sport Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:46:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Arts, Culture and Sport Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/ 32 32 67616479 Thomas Mapfumo hurts. For many reasons #Zimbabwe https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/thomas-mapfumo-hurts-for-many-reasons-zimbabwe/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/thomas-mapfumo-hurts-for-many-reasons-zimbabwe/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:46:22 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574243 From childhood nostalgia to writing sleeve notes in exile, Takura Zhangazha’s devotion to Thomas Mapfumo faces its ultimate test. As the Chimurenga icon plans a controversial 2026 return to Zimbabwe funded by the ultra-rich, Mukanya’s legacy hangs in the balance. Can a legendary champion of the poor perform for elites without bankrupting his revolutionary soul?

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/thomas-mapfumo-hurts-for-many-reasons-zimbabwe/feed/ 0 574243 Racial stereotypes of African footballers persist. A World Cup is a good time to talk about them https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/racial-stereotypes-of-african-footballers-persist-a-world-cup-is-a-good-time-to-talk-about-them/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/racial-stereotypes-of-african-footballers-persist-a-world-cup-is-a-good-time-to-talk-about-them/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:33:41 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574227 Africans are often sold as physically strong with raw talent, but lacking in discipline and technical refinement.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/power-pleasure-and-patriarchy-why-the-polygamist-on-netflix-is-captivating-viewers/feed/ 0 574202 The contemporary African writer and the burden of history https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/the-contemporary-african-writer-and-the-burden-of-history/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/the-contemporary-african-writer-and-the-burden-of-history/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:12:06 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574196 Trading fiction for direct polemics, Zimbabwean novelist Andrew Chatora delivers Unstoppable March of the Human Condition. This raw essay collection grapples with exile, post-Brexit racism, and the socio-political burdens of contemporary African writers. From Harare to London, Chatora honors literary giants while fearlessly interrogating what it means to define "home."

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/the-contemporary-african-writer-and-the-burden-of-history/feed/ 0 574196 Abdullah Ibrahim in the 1960s: how the famous pianist began to shape an African jazz sound https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/abdullah-ibrahim-in-the-1960s-how-the-famous-pianist-began-to-shape-an-african-jazz-sound/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/abdullah-ibrahim-in-the-1960s-how-the-famous-pianist-began-to-shape-an-african-jazz-sound/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:13:39 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574182 In exile, he imagined a different Africa in his music, while being exposed to new realities abroad.

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