Mutupo Festival returns to Harare with star-studded line-up to champion Zimbabwe’s totem heritage

THE Mutupo Festival, a cultural gathering built around Zimbabwe’s ancestral totem system, returns for its second edition on Saturday, moving to the Sherwood Golf Club in Harare with an expanded line-up of top local musicians as organisers push to reconnect younger Zimbabweans with their clan heritage.

The festival, conceived by musician and cultural advocate Dereck Mpofu, who performs under his totem name Yemukono, is positioned as a national platform celebrating Zimbabwean heritage, identity and shared humanity across all totems. 

It brings together communities from across the country around ancestral roots, clan names, cuisine, traditional arts and contemporary music.

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