Trivia on the Zimbabwean and African names you should already know.
Salladhor Saan, the pirate lord who backed Stannis Baratheon, was played by an actor who did his entire schooling in Harare before building a career on London's biggest stages.
Years before she became Okoye in Black Panther, Danai Gurira wrote a play that became the first production on Broadway with an entirely Black, entirely female cast and creative team.
Bob Marley chartered his own plane, waived his fee, and flew 21 tonnes of equipment into a newborn Zimbabwe to play its independence celebrations in April 1980.
A Harare band built on mbira and electric guitars ended up opening for Madonna at Wembley Stadium in 1987, one of the biggest crossover moments Zimbabwean music has ever had.
Before the Songlines awards and the 40-country tours, Mokoomba was six childhood friends from Chinotimba township learning instruments together after school.
Afro-fusion musician Dereck Mpofu presented WHO's 2026 Hepatitis and STI campaign song to Director-General Tedros in Geneva, his latest health-advocacy work.
Zimbabwean mbira artist Mary Anibal will perform at ACCES 2026 in Johannesburg this October, her first time playing South Africa with a full band.
Elsa Majimbo went from lockdown comedy videos to Valentino campaigns, a Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 nod, and is now pivoting toward filmmaking in Hollywood.
Kudzai Muwori, known as WOWRAE, has spent 16 years fusing Zimbabwean marimba with AfroHouse and AfroTech, from school hobby to festival stages.
From Studio 263 to voicing Yasuke in Assassin's Creed Shadows and starring in AMC's Mayfair Witches, the Hollywood rise of Zimbabwean actor Tongayi Chirisa.
Bulawayo-born actress Sibongile Mlambo has starred in Black Sails, Teen Wolf, Lost in Space, Siren, and now Starz's Power Book III: Raising Kanan.
Zimbabwe stood in for apartheid-era South Africa in the 80s, here are four major Hollywood films with A-list stars shot in the country.
Chipo Chung, the Zimbabwean-raised actress behind Doctor Who's Chantho, is the daughter of former education minister Fay Chung. Her story, updated.
