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Sylent Nqo ripe & ready
Our first encounter with Sylent was at Churchill School – clad in his purple blazer and playing the lead marimba to the delight of his fellow schoolmates, parents and teachers.
Our first encounter with Sylent was at Churchill School – clad in his purple blazer and playing the lead marimba to the delight of his fellow schoolmates, parents and teachers.
One sector of the creative industry steadily growing in Zimbabwe is comedy. The laughing business continues to crack ribs, fill bank accounts and churn out new amazing talent.
So we were in the avenues on Saturday afternoon and it so happened that we passed by the Travel Plaza and we heard sounds.
Performance poets have blamed the lack of support for their art as the reason it has been overshadowed by other art forms such as film and music.
Harare's biggest spoken word event, Shoko Festival, will be headlined by South Africa's multi-award winning rapper, AKA.
Afro-fusion group, Mokoomba staged an energetic performance at the New Ambassador Hotel on Saturday evening ahead of their debut show at the storied Apollo Theatre in New York on March 26.
A number of creative spaces were closed in 2015, negatively affecting the already ailing arts community. First was the closure of the Book Café--a critical centre of Zimbabwe’s arts sector. This was followed by the closure of yet another creative space, Misty’s, leaving many local bands with no space to try out their luck in showbiz. Other art forms such as spoken word were also dealt a big blow.
The closure of the Book Café saw the arts section in Harare coming to some kind of a standstill, the opening of Pamberi Trust gardens somehow revived the arts but the time has come for the gardens to grow and be the place for the arts lovers to have fun.
Harare’s arts and culture hub, the Book Café, is happy to announce the first in a series of ‘pop-up’ events across Harare, as they continue to search for a new permanent home following the closure of their initial venue.
At first encounter, you are struck by her bubbly character and ever-smiling face. She has a small figure and looks fairly harmless. But when Umind opens her mouth and begins to express what is in her heart, mind and soul, she takes over your thought process, harasses you with her words, forces you to introspect, at times smile, and at times cry.