Zim women can is a blog by grace chirumanzu, a young and energetic female journalist in zimbabwe. Expanded broadcast and poetic transmission, multimedia article. Onair encounter of poetry from zambia and zimbabwe broadcast by joy fm lusaka, dj petronellas poetic tuesday, 4 dec. People with disabilities in zimbabwe are marginalised. Tariro negitare, zimbabwes guitarist, singer and song writer is scheduled to perform in senegal this week. The platform invites women artists from all disciplines to come and freely express themselves in the safety of daytime. Barbra breeze the performance poet was born a year and seven months ago at the book cafe and since then has been exposed to frequent poetry slams such as the house of hunger poetry slam at the book cafe. List of ship decommissionings in 1950 wikivisually.
For the past six years, book cafe has routinely hosted the sistaz open mic, which was launched and developed by pamberi trust in january 2007 to showcase harares raw female talent. Sistaz open mic celebrated its 8th anniversary at the book cafe on saturday. Tinashe tafirenyika is currently a student at the university of zimbabwe studying medical laboratory sciences. Female talent search programme, sistaz open mic, celebrated its sixth anniversary. Johns high school, where she was taught by a german sr. She played regularly at church as well as at school.
Aug 22, 2014 the book cafe, established by brickhill 17 years ago, has provided a platform on which many upcoming zimbabwean musicians have flourished. Book cafe is becoming a community arts centre a space where artists and the public can meet each other, can connect with each other and share ideas and inspiration. Upon observing the banners up in the space, we realized that it actually was the sistaz open mic, reincarnated. She is one of the newest spoken word artists in zimbabwe having stepped onto the scene less than a year ago. Bulawayoborn jazz diva dudu manhenga will have another bite of the cherry at the intwasa festival kobulawayo where she is billed to perform with two other female jazz artistes. As a festivalwomen scream is celebrated in commemoration of the importance of womens role in society, and also serves as a platform for talented. Pamberi trust garden stage behind the closed book cafe was a place to be last saturday as both established and upcoming musicians. Chigamas anthology examines the slipperiness of truth. Book cafe is becoming a community arts centre a space. African voice, an allfemale acapella quintet, added colour to the sistaz open mic sessions first anniversary held at the book cafe on. Regular favourites house of hunger poetry slam and sistaz open mic are expected to return to the pamberi garden stage in september. The woman scream 2014 segment of the flame projects sistaz open mic programme in partnership with one billion rising for justice on sat 8 march commemorated the international womens day. She is one of zimbabwes most tenacious spokenword artists and slam poets. Book cafe is home to the spoken word and comes alive each and every month with sistaz open mic and the house of hunger poetry slam.
Chigamas anthology examines effects of brain drain in zim. It is a place of free expression, of entertainment, of generosity. Zimbabwe first edition of woman scream 2014 coordinated by. Tinashe tafirenyika badilisha poetry panafrican poets. Jun 14, 2014 sistaz open mic, the book cafe, harare, zimbabwe. Among them was rising star selmor mtukudzi, daughter of zimbabwe s most wellknown musician, oliver mtukudzi.
If you ever attended the sistaz open mic at the book cafe you will remember the. The book cafes sistaz open mic will on saturday celebrate international womens day with a starstudded lineup of performers. Pamberi trusts project, sistaz open mic, will be wrongly described by some chauvinists as a gathering of feminists denouncing the opposite sex, but last saturday, the zimbabwean witnessed a party of zimbabwean women with the zeal and enthusiasm for the arts industry as they celebrated the living and their late sheroes of the country. Her music has a strong afrosoul feel and influenced by from artists such as oliver mtukudzi, sara tavares and tracy chapman, amongst others. She plays an original mix of indigenous african sounds and contemporary urban styles with a strong afro soul feel and evident influences from oliver mtukudzi, freshly ground, india arie and lauryn hill, tariro negitare is a brand that came to.
The women sing at both sides of the zambezi tumblr. Tue 03 dec, 8pm kessia masona is outspoken for peace in the world, tonight sharing the stage in a backtoback fireball of lively entertainment with some of zimbabwes most. Barbra breeze anderson badilisha poetry panafrican poets. Entertainment reporterthe sistaz open mic session at the book cafe to celebrate the international womens day will this saturday feature a lineup of women artistes ready to step out and.
Tariro negitare loosely translated, tariro and the guitar is a zimbabwean guitarist, singer and songwriter. The woman scream segment of the sistaz open mic programme in partnership with one billion rising for justice on sat 8 march commemorated the international womens day. The afternoon will also be a celebration of the protection of creative spaces, and features as usual, exciting young artists from widely different backgrounds together, and a unique opportunity for networking. Book cafe offers a space to eat, to drink to discuss to enjoy music, theatre and film. Dance, poetry, theatre, music, comedy, whatever the passion, there is always an encouraging audience to spur the rookies on as well as celebrate the first. On february 14, many of the young women from sistaz open mic joined other women from harare for the main one billion rising event, a one hour danceathon at the national gallery of zimbabwe. As a festival woman scream is celebrated in commemoration of the importance of womens role in society, and also serves as a platform for talented poetess all over the world who collaborates inside and. Sistaz open mic is held every second saturday of the month from 25pm. A case study of the book cafe harare, zimbabwe metris arts.
Sistaz open mic celebrates six years the zimbabwe independent. Local female musicians will on saturday come together at the book cafe for the sistaz open mic to commemorate the world day for cultural diversity for dialogue. Charmaine chitate, invited her to a sistaz open mic event held at the book cafe, by. As a festivalwomen scream is celebrated in commemoration of the importance of womens role in society, and also serves as a platform for talented poetess all over the world.
Meeting all your catering needs, for any special event. It looks at zimbabwean women who have made a name for themselves in society, women who are fighting for the rights of other inferior women and children and women who are working hard to be recognised in society. Mar 04, 2018 chigama has performed on many stages locally and beyond, starting with the house of hunger poetry slams held at the book cafe in 2004, as well as the sistaz open mic events that followed. As they showed solidarity with the global movement, the same thing was being repeated in three other centres in zimbabwe bulawayo, mutare and bindura. The special event created and designed under pamberi trusts flame female literary arts and music enterprise programme has been running since 2007. She started performing as a solo artiste at sistaz open mic at the book cafe, using this important music platform to gain experience and exposure.
Sharing the stage with poets i have always read in books such as lebo mashile, barolong sebone, mutabaruka, the late chiwoniso maraire a prolific. In the open mic format, anyone may appear and anything can happen. Tendai mavengeni performs at sistaz open mic, a monthly platform for women artists, book cafe, harare. Nov 06, 2014 book cafe open mic invites artists to commemorate the day and shout out about hiv and aids. Johns high school, emerald hill where she was taught by a german sr. Chigama has performed on many spoken word stages in zimbabwe and beyond, starting with the famous house of hunger poetry slams held at the book cafe in 2004 and then the sistaz open mic events. Through programmes like flame female literary, arts and music enterprise and sistaz open mic, the book cafe has helped to unearth and nurture some of zimbabwes best female musicians. A regular at the house of hunger poetry slam and sistaz open mic sessions at the book cafe. Born and bred in zimbabwe, tariro started playing the guitar at the age of at st. May 09, 2017 tariro negitare loosely translated, tariro and the guitar is a zimbabwean guitarist, singer and songwriter. We thought it had died with the closure of the cafe and the challenges that plagued pamberi trust book cafe partners thereafter. African voice adds colour to sistaz open mic session. Oct 16, 2016 tendai mavengeni performs at sistaz open mic, a monthly platform for women artists, book cafe, harare.
Zimbabwe first edition of woman scream 2014 coordinated. It inspirers women to find their place in patriarchal zimbabwe and africa. Book cafe operates in partnership with leading cultural ngo pamberi trust to offer both diverse entertainment to the public at large as well as a space for artistic development especially a platform for younger artists. Mar 10, 2014 the woman scream segment of the sistaz open mic programme in partnership with one billion rising for justice on sat 8 march commemorated the international womens day. The book cafe is a platform for free cultural expression in harare, zimbabwe, since 1993. Oct 09, 20 sistaz open mic is held every second saturday of the month from 25pm. Tariro started playing the guitar at the age of at st. Dudus second bite of the cherry bulawayoborn jazz diva dudu manhenga will have another bite of the cherry at the intwasa festival kobulawayo where she is billed to perform with two other female jazz artistes. Sistaz open mic, a talent search programme run by pamberi trust in collaboration with dutch aid agency hivos, turned six on saturday, and the party held at the book cafe was characterised by. Nov, 2014 tariro started playing the guitar at the age of at st. A friend of hers, charmaine chitate, invited her to a sistaz open mic event held at the book cafe, by pamberi trust under the flame project.
These began on february 8 with an open mic session at the iconic book cafe, where young female artists sang and recited poetry denouncing violence against women. Zimbabwes tariro negitare to perform in senegal bulawayo24. Zimbabwe first edition of woman scream 2014 coordinated by batsirai e chigama by women poets international movement 10. Sistaz open mic celebrates six years zimbabwe online news. The sistaz open mic held this past weekend at the book cafe in celebration of the international womens day showed that the females in the music industry are a force to reckon with. Female artistes tackle genderbased violence dailynews live. It was good to see that the fire is still burning and there is hope for the sisters in the arts. In 20, she has released her first single from the album she is hoping will be released to the public soon. The gig, which falls under pamberi trusts female literary, arts and music enterprise flame, has helped to unearth many talented artistes. Book cafe the physical venue had to close in 2015 we are currently hosting online popup events during the. Harare sistaz open mic, a platform for young women artistes to showcase their talents in song, dance, poetry and comedy and other disciplines, will celebrate its eighth birthday at the book cafe on saturday.
It is the flagship project of pamberis harare culture house. This saturday, tariro negitare brings her unique brand of afrosoul to the book cafe as she revisits the space where it all started, sistaz open mic. Tariro negitare translated as tariro and the guitar is a hararebased guitarist, singer and songwriter. Textures poems by john eppel and togara muzanenhamo amabooks, pamberi trust, the british council and the culture fund of zimbabwe trust cordially invite you to the launch of textures a collaboration that spurns the pettiness of competing poetry schools and prescribed content. Sistaz open mic is one of the highlights of the flame project, a monthly open mic session where female artistes come together to do ur thang. The single, titled nginje, is about how everyone affects and influences an individual. Nov 28, 20 female artistes tackle genderbased violence tawanda mudzonga, own correspondent 28 november 20 9. Book cafe celebrates womens day in style newsday zimbabwe. Jan 16, 2015 harare sistaz open mic, a platform for young women artistes to showcase their talents in song, dance, poetry and comedy and other disciplines, will celebrate its eighth birthday at the book cafe on saturday. Sistaz open mic gives birth to new artiste newsday zimbabwe. She has performed at open mic events and other poetry events at the book cafe mannenberg such as sistaz open mic and mashoko events. May 18, 2014 a friend of hers, charmaine chitate, invited her to a sistaz open mic event held at the book cafe, by pamberi trust under the flame project. The gig, which falls under pamberi trusts female literary, arts and music enterpris.
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