Month: March 2015
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STIMULUS PACKAGE FOR PROUDLY ZIM BRANDS
Click or not: STIMULUS PACKAGE FOR PROUDLY ZIM BRANDSSUPERSTAR: Oliver Mtukudzi Book: The Brand IdeologyAuthor: Oscar HabeenzuPublisher: The BehaviourReport.com (2013) Zimbabwe has not been spared by the cosmic juggernaut of globalisation.While indigenous culture has long been identified as a casualty of this phenomenon, homegrown brands are also desperately clutching at their life rafts. Others have ceded their stakes in the face of formidable competition from outside.… …
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IS SCRAPPING SHAKESPEARE A SOUND OPTION?
Click or not: IS SCRAPPING SHAKESPEARE A SOUND OPTION?Add caption William Shakespeare is not new to posthumous conspiracy. Latter-day men of letters such as G.B Shaw and Leo Tolstoy have questioned the universal acclamation with which Shakespeare is read. For them, the world is too generous in its estimation of the man whose work Swinburne calls “the crowning glory of genius, the final… …
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THINK LIKE A SAINT, WRITE LIKE A GENIUS
Click or not: THINK LIKE A SAINT, WRITE LIKE A GENIUSAdd caption Book: C. S. Lewis – A Life Author: Alister McGrath Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers (2013) ISBN: 978-1-4143-3935-1 It was an age of disbelief. Religion was in the bull’s eye of secularist missiles. A war of record proportions was dismantling the old order. Values which had held good for centuries were not spared. God… …
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ZEXIE MANATSA'S UPS AND DOWNS
Click or not: ZEXIE MANATSA'S UPS AND DOWNSZexie Manatsa’s Green Arrows band Zexie Manatsa rose from an infant guitar prodigy in Mhangura to become one of the first local musicians of significant stature. In December 2006 the recently resuscitated Zimbabwe Music Awards paid homage to the grand patriarch of mainstream local music with the inaugural Cheuka Shure/Bheka Emva trophy. During the presentation… …
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BRIAN SIBALO: ZIM GOSPEL LEGEND
Click or not: BRIAN SIBALO: ZIM GOSPEL LEGENDAdd caption Brian Sibalo is one of Zimbabwean gospel music’s timeless legends. Sibalo’s story is a tragic case of the chemistry between beauty and brevity. Although he remains one of the finest psalmists ever to emerge from the country, his music has sadly lapsed into oblivion, 17 years after his death at 32 in 1997. … …
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TAKESURE ZAMAR'S WORSHIP ALTAR
Click or not: TAKESURE ZAMAR'S WORSHIP ALTARSTILL ADDICTED: Takesure Zamar Hard core psalmist Takesure Zamah Ncube and his ensemble Worship Addicts have fresh wine in their devotional tavern. The fast-rising gospel outfit’s colourful live DVD, “Worship Altar,” is a potent mix of addiction and benediction. “Worship Altar,” which is the group’s first visual effort features hot new jams “Changamire Muponesi” and “Pane… …