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The HIFA 2015 Survival Guide
HIFA 2015 is almost upon us! The HIFA Box Office opened on Monday, so it’s time for you to rush on down to Avondale or National Gallery, and secure tickets for your favourite shows!
HIFA 2015 is almost upon us! The HIFA Box Office opened on Monday, so it’s time for you to rush on down to Avondale or National Gallery, and secure tickets for your favourite shows!
How do Zimbabwean artists born after independence interpret the country’s 35 year journey? An exhibition titled “Born Free: A whole New Mind”, featuring work by such artists is currently running at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe and shows the mixed and contrasting views of these young people.
Over 20 twenty artists and groups have pledged to support the United Artists Against Xenophobia concert in Harare this evening.
Imagine a time when Zimbabwean superheroes fly across the skies of Harare, Bulawayo and other far flung locations that need fighters of evil with extra-ordinary powers. That day has come.
The duo that sang ‘Zvekupenga’, one of Zimbabwe’s biggest hit songs in 2014 have never met. For the first time ever Chashe Musarurwa McTaggart will meet Tinashe Makura when they come together to perform at HIFA this year.
I have been attending HIFA since I was about 16 years old; then as just a young teen looking for entertainment and that was the closest to international acts that I would see. However, my perception of attending festivals has since changed from just fun, to more of a unique opportunity to network.
Talented actor, David Bvumbe, had a big night at the 2015 edition of the Reps AFDIS Awards for Excellence when he won both the award for best actor in a lead role and that for best actor in a supporting role.
African musical icon, Oliver Mtukudzi, has called on African leaders to not only condemn xenophobia but to plot a course that will ensure that what is happening in South Africa today never happens again anywhere on the continent.
South African Hip hop artist, Cassper Nyovest has added a new twist to the boycott-south-african-artists saga by saying he will donate proceeds from his Bulawayo show to survivors of the current xenophobia attacks.
In the past couple of days, there has been an aggressive call on social media from some Zimbabweans, including artists, to boycott the upcoming shows of South African artists, Cassper Nyovest, Diliza and Big Nuzz, and those of other South African artists coming to perform at HIFA at the end of this month.