After spending countless hours wondering how best we can contribute to the ongoing fight against racism and inequality in the world, we realized through research and conversation with close friends and family, that one way to contribute is by empowering black businesses and the black community. As creators on the […]
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Meet The ‘Fashion Futures’ Content Creators- Adjoa Armah [UK]
Adjoah Armah is a Ghanaian born writer, curator and visual anthropologist based between London and Accra. For the Fashion Futures project, Adjoa is creating content for Zimbabwe. A significant part of an anthropologist’s work is centered on the evolution of societies and traditions, and Adjoa tactfully marries this with visual […]
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‘Fashion Futures’ Content Creators- Lucia Nhamo [ZIMBABWE]
Lucia Nhamo is a Zimbabwean visual artist selected to carry out research on the underground fashion markets in the UK for the Fashion Futures project. Fashion Futures is a female-led multinational project curated by Chenesai Mukora-Mangoma, in partnership with British Council and Nataal Media, to foster creative engagement for change […]
Chenesai Leads ‘Fashion Futures’ Project
Chenesai is pleased to announce their latest collaborative initiative Fashion Futures in partnership with British Council and Nataal Media. Fashion Futures is a female-led multinational project curated by Chenesai Mukora-Mangoma, to foster creative engagement for change and to encourage collaboration by bringing together four content creators from varied artistic genres […]
Earn Your Stripes or Know Your Worth? Burna Boy VS Coachella
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, popularly known as Coachella is a music and arts festival held annually in Indio, California USA. The festival previously had an indie appeal, showcasing underground acts-which it is still does-but more recently, we’ve seen it take on more commercial acts, with last year’s edition […]
New Local Film ‘Goodman’ Sheds Light On Stereotyping Sex Workers
MUTARE, ZIMBABWE– On Saturday the 15th of December, Award-Winning filmmaker Igi Matope premiered his latest offering, a feature film titled Goodman at Skyview Hotel in Mutare. Goodman, produced by Pikicha Afrika, features Mutare’s renowned actors Farirai Clarence Borerwe who plays the leading character Simba and Tapiwa Marahwa as Jeanette, the […]
“Everyone Made My Dream Come True” Chengetayi ‘Pineapple’ Minisi Successfully Launches Creative Studio
For the past 5 days, I spent time with Chengetayi Mnisi affectionately known as ‘Pineapple’ capturing footage leading up to the launch of her creative studio on the 1st of December 2018. Pineapple was understandably nervous and anxious about the launch of Pineapple Creative Studio, but at this point, she […]
OPINION: Zimbabwe Tourism Authority Cancels The Harare International Carnival
The anticipated 2018 edition of the Harare International Carnival has been cancelled by the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA), due to- among other factors- the economic malaise that has struck the country. Zimbabwe’s economy collapsed in October, after the Minister of Finance and Economic Development Professor Mthuli Ncube introduced the so-called two […]
Soukaina M-L Edom’s Dance Institution Redefining Arts Education In Zimbabwe
The first part of my interview with Soukaina M-L Edom was an exciting ‘how well do you know me’ segment, in which I told her versions of her life that I knew (or thought I knew rather) and she clarified the facts. From learning that Soukaina is her nickname to learning that […]
AfriKera Arts Trust Explores The Concept Of Freedom In Their Latest Presentation ‘Iva Zvauri’-(Be Yourself)
HARARE, ZIMBABWE– With the 5 pm traffic mounting and mist hanging in the air, I was tempted to trade my Friday night plans for a quiet evening at home. A few days earlier, I came across an interesting event on one of my social media pages. AfriKera Arts Trust was showcasing […]