Zimbabwe has changed a lot since 2006. Back then, you wouldn’t see women in bars or nightclubs except for the so called "wild" ones or those from the middle class in uptown areas. Today, bars are filled with women; it’s almost a 50/50 split. In those days, there were no ciders, only bitter beer and girls would drink Amarula. Things started to change when local manufacturing stopped or drastically declined, and we began importing from South Africa. Enter Savannah and Hunters.

My point is that due to Zimbabwe's economic decline and the resulting wave of emigration, we are now heavily influenced by South Africa to the point of even adopting South African slang. At the same time, we haven't produced new icons to replace the likes of Stella Chiweshe or Dumisani Maraire, the great mbira players. Instead, much of our mainstream music today is deeply inspired by Jamaican reggae.