Links to Cultural Information

The Dandemutande - Zimbabwean Music worldwide web site is a resource for people who love Zimbabwean music and culture around the world. The site consists of a magazine of articles about the music and the people who play it, a mail order catalog of music, books, and other resources, an email listserve for announcements and discussions, and a resource guide connecting you with people and organizations. 'Dandemutande' is the word for 'spiderweb' in the Shona language of Zimbabwe. Thus, dandemutande refers to the growing network of people throughout the world who love to play, teach, listen to, and dance to the amazing music of Zimbabwe: http://www.dandemutande.org/

Flame - Zimbabwe 1996 (Zimmedia Film and Video, Harare, Zimbabwe) : The site offers information about the award winning film, "Flame" that was shot in Zimbabwe with an entirely Zimbabwean cast. The film is based on the accounts of women who joined the liberation war.": http://www.zimmedia.com/flame/

Great Zimbabwe on the Internet: Cultures.Com: Great Zimbabwe (4 photographs) Africa connection. (Fleetgazelle, San Francisco, California); "Great Zimbabwe" "The Literature & Culture of Zimbabwe: The Visual Arts. (Prof. George P. Landow et al., Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island) ; A brief summary of the archaeology and architecture of GZ, with several photographs ; part of a larger website on the Visual Arts of Zimbabwe ; "Mystery of Great Zimbabwe" by Peter Tyson and David Randall-MacIver Excerpts from: "Lost Tribes of Israel" NOVA Online. (PBS Online, PBS/WGBH Boston, Massachusetts) ; Photographs from "Great Zimbabwe National Park, Zimbabwe. (October 24, 1998)" (Tom Loos, via Department of Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana) ; "Riddle of Great Zimbabwe" by Roderick J. McIntosh (1998) Abstract from: Archaeology. (Online) ; vol. 51, no. 4 (July/Aug 1998) (Archaeological Institute of America, Boston, Massachusetts)

Mbira Home Page (Solomon Murungu and Zambuko Projects, Unlimited.) - site contains extensive information on the history and traditions of mbira in Zimbabwe; includes sound clips, discographies of mbira stars, and links to related sites.

Modern sculptures from Zimbabwe (Dr. Herbert E. Roese, via One.Tel, UK) - a short, illustrated essay by the author, with a short bibliography and related web links.

Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts (ZIVA) is committed first and foremost to providing a high quality DESIGN education and teaching New Media skills. We are the first college of its kind in the country and different from other training facilities in that we emphasize Design.": http://www.ziva.org.zw/

Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation: Radio 2 and 4 "Live" Audio (via Econet.World.com) - audio files - live or recorded - from government-owned radio and TV broadcasts in Shona and Ndebele.