Original version

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

The Cultural Frontline

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

The Cultural Frontline: where arts and news collide.

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service East Asia

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service

BBC World Service Online

The Cultural Frontline: A Cultural Vision for a New Zimbabwe

Magazines & Reviews

A Cultural Vision for a New Zimbabwe

11/08/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - The Cultural Frontline, A Cultural Vision for a New Zimbabwe

What does the future hold for Zimbabwe, its people and its culture?

Following Zimbabwe’s historic elections The Cultural Frontline asks what the future holds for Zimbabwe, its culture and its people.

How do you make sense of a history unspoken? The writer Novuyo Rosa Tshuma discusses The House of Stone, her new novel that explores the tragedies and the conflicts of Zimbabwe’s past.

Now the vote is over, what comes next? The Chief Curator of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Raphael Chikukwa and the celebrated poet and singer, Albert Nyathi reflect on the elections and share their vision of how Zimbabwe can find a new purpose and identity through the power of arts and culture. 

For nearly 40 years Zimbabwean life and culture was dominated by the image of one man, former President Robert Mugabe. The author Panashe Chigumadzi reflects on the omnipresence of Mugabe’s portrait and asks whether Zimbabweans can now find a new image to represent their nation.

Plus have you ever heard Chimurenga music? The musician Hope Masike explains how Zimbabwe’s music of protest has unified the country from the struggle for liberation to the new post-Mugabe era. 

Presented by Tina Daheley

Produced by Mugabi Turya, Kirsty McQuire, Nancy Bennie, Shoku Amirani and Brian Hungwe.

(Picture: People in Mbare celebrate after Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)  announced the re-election of President Emmerson Mnangagwa Picture Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Accessibility links

Programme Index

The Cultural Frontline

A Cultural Vision for a New Zimbabwe

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

About BBC World Service