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Tamy Moyo
Thamsanqa 'Tamy' Moyo (born 5 January 1998) is a Zimbabwean musical artist and actress. She rose to fame after releasing her 2016 song “Ndibereke" she is also known for her role in the 2020 film “Gonarezhou". Early life She was born on 5 January 1998 in Harare, Zimbabwe. Her father Richard Kohola is a presenter at Star FM Zimbabwe popularly known as RK. She was raised by her mother Doris Moyo and her grandfather Makwara. Career At the age of 7, she started singing particularly in the senior choir. She completed primary education from Lusitania Primary School and later attended Westridge High School for secondary education. At an age of 13 while she was in Form One, she joined with popular artists Joe Thomas, Oliver Mtukudzi, Stunner, Ba Shupi, and Alexio Kawara. Later she became the Child Ambassador for Childline Zimbabwe, becoming the youngest Zimbabwean ever to be an ambassador. In 2008, Tamy formed the Uganda African Choir, together with three other colleagues in a chari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harare
Harare (; formerly Salisbury ) is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 940 km2 (371 mi2) and a population of 2.12 million in the 2012 census and an estimated 3.12 million in its metropolitan area in 2019. Situated in north-eastern Zimbabwe in the country's Mashonaland region, Harare is a metropolitan province, which also incorporates the municipalities of Chitungwiza and Epworth. The city sits on a plateau at an elevation of above sea level and its climate falls into the subtropical highland category. The city was founded in 1890 by the Pioneer Column, a small military force of the British South Africa Company, and named Fort Salisbury after the UK Prime Minister Lord Salisbury. Company administrators demarcated the city and ran it until Southern Rhodesia achieved responsible government in 1923. Salisbury was thereafter the seat of the Southern Rhodesian (later Rhodesian) government and, between 1953 and 1963, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Entertainment Television (BET)
Black Entertainment Television (acronym BET) is an American basic cable channel targeting African-American audiences. It is owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global via BET Networks and has offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and was formerly headquartered in Washington, D.C. As of February 2015, approximately 88,255,000 American households (75.8% of households with television) receive the channel. History After stepping down as a lobbyist for the cable industry, Freeport, Illinois native Robert L. Johnson decided to launch his own cable television network. Johnson would soon acquire a loan for $15,000 and a $500,000 investment from media executive John Malone to start the network. The network, which was named Black Entertainment Television (BET), launched on January 25, 1980. Cheryl D. Miller designed the logo that would represent the network, which featured a star to symbolize "Black Star Power". Initially, broadcasting for two hour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Births
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). With up t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Zimbabwean Actresses
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Gonarezhou (film)
''Gonarezhou'' is a 2019 Zimbabwean Poaching, anti-poaching awareness film written and directed by Sydney Taivavashe. The film is produced in conjunction with the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority. Premise The film is about a young man called Zulu who suffers various misfortunes and joins a poaching gang. Cast * Tariro Mnangagwa as Sergeant Onai. * Tamy Moyo as Sara. * Tendaiishe Chitima as Thulo * Tinashe Nhukarume as Schoolboy * Eddie Sandifolo as Zulu Release The film was released in 2019. ''Gonarezhou'' was shown at the 2020 Pan African Film Festival. Production In 2017, Sydney announced that he was working on a feature film about poaching and that he started developing the script since 2013. The story was inspired by the killings of 300 elephants by poachers using cyanide in 2013. Principal Photography started in November 2018. References External links * * {{YouTube, id=v=LE5H5cly-kk, title=''trailer for Gonarezhou: The Movie'' 2019 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sha Sha (singer)
Charmaine Shamiso Mapimbiro (born 13 July 1994), professionally known as Sha Sha, is a Zimbabwean singer from Mutare. Hailed by many as "the queen of amapiano", her career began in 2011, at the age of 19 and later was discovered by Audius Mtawarira. She gained popularity for her collaborations with South African amapiano producers such as DJ Maphorisa and Kabza de Small. Having signed a record deal with Blaq Boy Music, her debut ''Blossom'' EP, was released in 2019. She was awarded Best New International Act at the 2020 BET Awards. Early life and career 1994–2017: Early years and career beginnings Born in Mutare, Mapimbiro moved around Zimbabwe whilst growing up following her parents' separation, often residing with her grandmother or aunts. Her music journey began after joining the choir, subsequently taking vocal and piano lessons as a child. Whilst a teenager, one of Mapimbiro's friends helped get one of Zimbabwe's biggest radio stations to play her music. This ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makhadzi
Ndivhudzannyi Ralivhona (born June 30, 1996), known by her stage name Makhadzi, is a South African singer. Born and raised in Ha-Mashamba, Limpopo, her career began at the age of 12 as dancer prior pursuing a music career as a singer, while she was attending school got signed a record deal with Rita Dee Entertainment and released ''Muhwalo Uya Ndemela'' in 2015. She garnered local attention after her single "Tshanda Vhuya" released in 2017. Her eight studio album ''Matorokisi'' (2019), debuted number 2 in South Africa. Makhadzi's ninth studio album ''Kokovha'' (2020), became one of her biggest successes and debuted at number one on the South African iTunes albums charts. It contained the chart-topping singles "Amadoda", "Mphemphe", "Kokovha" and "Tshikwama". Her tenth studio album ''African Queen'' (2021) was certified gold in South Africa. Mkhadzi's eleventh studio album ''African Queen 2.0'' (2022), which reached number 1 in one country. Early life Makhadzi was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Africa Music Awards
All Africa Music Awards (also referred to as AFRIMA) is an annual awards event. The awards event was established by the International Committee AFRIMA, in collaboration with the African Union (AU) to reward and celebrate musical works, talents and creativity around the African continent while promoting the African cultural heritage. Its pioneer Awards show was held in 2014. History Nigeria has hosted three of the award editions during 2014–2016. Nigeria once again won the fourth-year hosting rights tenure in 2017. However, the Republic of Ghana was given the right to host the All Africa Music Awards for four consecutive years from December 2018 to 2020. On Monday, July 15, 2019, The International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards, (AFRIMA) withdrew the hosting rights from Republic of Ghana for the 2019 and 2020 editions of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, over lack of capacity by the Host Country to meet the financial and contractual obligations entered to on July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zimbabwean
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east. The capital and largest city is Harare. The second largest city is Bulawayo. A country of roughly 15 million people, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with English, Shona, and Ndebele the most common. Beginning in the 9th century, during its late Iron Age, the Bantu people (who would become the ethnic Shona) built the city-state of Great Zimbabwe which became one of the major African trade centres by the 11th century, controlling the gold, ivory and copper trades with the Swahili coast, which were connected to Arab and Indian states. By the mid 15th century, the city-state had been abandoned. From there, the Kingdom of Zimbabwe was established, followed by the Rozvi and Mutapa empires. The British South Africa C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zimbabwe Parks And Wildlife Management Authority
Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) is an agency of the Zimbabwe government managing national parks. Zimbabwe's game reserves are managed by the government. They were initially founded as a means of using unproductive land. History The first proclaimed game reserve was Wankie (now Hwange), formed in 1928 and upgraded in the 1949 National Parks Act. The then-Rhodesia's game section was originally formed in 1952 as a subsidiary of the Department of Mines, Lands and Surveys. This was the nucleus that became the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Management in 1964. The Parks and Wildlife Act of 1975 established the agency. It was a quintessential breakthrough for conservation. The core philosophy of how people perceived wildlife was changed. Under the act, ownership of wildlife passed from the state to whoever owned the land the animal lived on. When the landowners (both communal and private) became custodians of the wildlife, a change in mindset oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Taivavashe
Sydney Taivavashe (born March 20,1991) is a Zimbabwean film director, producer and screenwriter. Early life Sydney Taivavashe was born in 1991 in Masvingo, Zimbabwe where he grew up. Career Sydney made his debut film in 2006, a short film titled ''The Terrific Nights.'' His first feature film ''Through The Night'' was nominated at 2014 National Arts Merit Awards in the outstanding feature film category. In 2017, Sydney won a NAMA award for directing ''Seiko'', a silent short film. In the same year he partnered with Great Zimbabwe University Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) is an institution of higher learning in the city of Masvingo, Zimbabwe. It is currently situated on the Masvingo Teachers’ College campus seven kilometres east of Masvingo CBD. Currently the institution has a nu ... to produce feature film ''Solo naMutsai'', portraying the experience of students who come from poor backgrounds at the university. In 2019, Sydney produced an anti-poaching awareness film tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
