WILLOW SMITH IS LISTENING TO MAPFUMO! Zimbabwe’s Chimurenga legend Thomas Mapfumo has made it onto WILLOW’s playlist.
The American singer recently shared some of her latest music discoveries with Pigeons & Planes and among her picks was Mapfumo’s classic “Ndanzwa Ngoma Kurira.”
Daughter of Hollywood stars Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, WILLOW is a Grammy-nominated artist who first broke globally with “Whip My Hair.”
Decades later, Mukanya’s music is still travelling, still being discovered and still finding new ears across generations.
Zimbabwe just made major headlines at ITB Berlin 2026, winning the Destination of the Year award for Natural Wonders. The country also earned recognition from Forbes Magazine as one of the world's top travel destinations in 2025. Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Barbara Rwodzi was named Tourism Minister of the Year for Africa, underscoring the nation's leadership in the continental tourism sector. The recognition is driving real results on the ground. In the first quarter of 2026 alone, Zimbabwe welcomed 384,561 international arrivals, a 14 percent jump in tourism receipts to US$251 million.
❤️Zimbabwe❤️
🚨Zlatan Ibrahimović on English Premier League teams getting bullied in the UEFA Champions League:
“They spent more time mocking Manchester United for not qualifying for the Champions League than focusing on winning it. That’s why they fail. There’s a rule: never mock Manchester United… they never learn (laughs).”
Nobody claps for you while you’re building. Family doubts you. Friends disappear. Then one year, results speak. And everyone acts like they believed in you.
🚨Casemiro on Manchester United fans asking for one more year:
“I wish I had started my career here. The love from these fans is something else… Raphaël Varane told me about it, but I didn’t truly understand it until I arrived.
Honestly, winning two League Cups here would mean more to me than all my Champions League titles with Real Madrid.(laughs)”
Let’s be honest.
Angola can supply Southern Africa with oil.
Nigeria can supply West Africa .
Congo and Sudan can supply East Africa .
Libya & Morocco can support .
Instead of importing from the Gulf,
Africa can supply itself.
What’s missing is execution.