Bright Barwe

Arts, Culture and Heritage

A village tale: We Didn’t Know We Were Rich.

Long ago, in the time when the hills still whispered at dawn and children’s feet knew every path to the fields, there lived a people who believed a lie about themselves. They said, “We grew up poor,” and they said…

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Fictional: The Drum That Remembered Its Name.

Tariro had not been back to Murehwa since she was twelve. That was before the move to London, before the accent thinned out, before “Tariro” became “Terry” on every email signature. ‎She came home for Africa Day with a camera…

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Rain Making Ceremony at Headman Samhembere’s Village (Marinda).‎

27 February 2026‎‎ By Bright Barwe‎‎ The drums had been silent for too long. ‎ In Headman Samhembere’s village, the 26th of February 2026 wasn’t just another day. It was “Marinda”, the rain-making ceremony held when Maganzvo, the first rains…

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Cultural diversity, the traditional practices are they evaporating from today’s youth?

Culture never stands still. What we see with youth today isn’t “loss” so much as remixing. Old practices become new forms.‎‎ What traditional practices carried, in most cultures, including here in Zimbabwe and across Africa, traditional practices were the operating…

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Chiefs-Led Arts, Culture, and Heritage as the Backbone of District Visibility, (YASU/YATHU ARTS FESTIVAL).

By Bright Barwe ‎‎In the mist-covered highlands of Zimbabwe’s Eastern border, Nyanga District possesses a form of wealth that cannot be fenced, photographed, or outsourced. Its true capital lies not only in Mutarazi Falls or the slopes of Mount Nyangani,…

Youth Participation in community developmental works, wards 4, 9 & 15 Mutoko District has improved.

The youth participation in wards 4, 9 and 15 Mutoko District has improved in a manner that the Disaster and Environmental Management Trust, Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum, Traditional Leadership and Mutoko Rural District has commented. The youths in stated…

A must visit, Ziwa Ruins and Monument

The Ziwa Ruins Nyanga seems like a forgotten heritage site. From the observations done from the media team of this media, heritage sites for this size in the country needs more of maintenance through incentives from other sectors of the…

D.Marshingz, a Contemporary Musician

D.Marshingz was born on the 6th of March in 1998, (06/03/1998) in Nyanga. His real name is Lovemore Saunyama the son of the late Lazarus Saunyama and Annamore Huni. He lives in Mukwekwe village of Chief Saunyama. He was born…

BaTonga Grouping

The Tonga people are a group of people who maintains, preserves themselves from cultural capture. Reading from various scripts, researches one would realise whether these types of groupings are still there in the modern world. Lovely found in Zimbabwe, these…