A stunning lineup of some of Zimbabwe’s most beautiful voices come together this weekend for a scintillating display of divas uniting for a purpose - to celebrate and salute women of the world as part of the  International Women’s Day celebrations that are taking place around the world this week.

^ Divas Unite. L toR: Thanda Richardson, Prudence Katomene-Mbofana, Hope Masike, Rumbi Tapfuma, Adiona Maboreke, Kundisai Mtero, Cecilie Giskemo and Dudu Manhenga.

The concert will take place at The Book Café on Saturday 13th March and will be themed  WOMEN of the WORLD.

The lineup features Dudu Manhenga of Color Blu fame, Rute Mbangwa, Prudence Katomene-Mbofana, Kundisai Mtero of the women’s acapella group African Voice, young mbira artist Hope Masike, Adiona Maboreke, and featuring poets Aura and Dikson.  

Brought together by- and also featuring - Zimbabwe College of Music's Norwegian music exchange artist and gifted jazz vocalist Cecile Giskemo, the show will reflect the strong artistic network between women artists in Zimbabwe, and offer a preview of part of a bigger production that is set to feature at HIFA 2010.  

Although the event is an independent artists’ initiative, it is strongly supported by Pamberi Trust’s FLAME project (Female Literary, Arts & Music Enterprise), established to empower women artists with information, knowledge and skills for survival and success.  Since it started in 2006, the project has held 24 workshops, dozens of events, and 38 open mic sessions, and has worked with well over 100 women artists altogether, including many of the artists featuring in ‘Women of the World’. 

The Saturday 13 March performance follows the traditional monthly Sistaz Open Mic event from 2-5pm at The Book Café, whose theme this month is ‘Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities, Progress for All’ which is the Zimbabwean theme this year for International Women’s Day. 

- Penny Yon

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