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Dominic Benhura (l), one of Zimbabwe’s leading young stone sculptors, presents a sculpture to former South African president, Nelson Mandela
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Despite the economic and political problems plaguing Zimbabwe, Ogova Ondego reports from Harare, the creative, intellectual expression and cultural sector of Zimbabwe is teeming with talent.
When I first visited Zimbabwe on August 26, 2005 to attend the Zimbabwe International Film Festival as facilitator of a workshop for young film journalists and critics and to speak on Nigeria’s Nollywood home-video (straight-to-video) film phenomenon, I was apprehensive and curious as to what I would find in this country that has been so much bashed by western media. And to go to Zimbabwe, I had had to cancel another engagement in Italy. So that was how important the visit was to me.What I discovered in the creative, intellectual and cultural sector of Zimbabwe blew me away: Zimbabwe is teeming with talent despite the economic and political problems plaguing her!
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Zanzibar’s tropical magic is irresistible
What can one make of a land that seduces and entices kings to abandon their subjects and move their seat of government away from home, or better still, how does one describe a town in which one may wander about freely at midnight without any fear of mugging?
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Entertainment in Kampala
Entertainment is integral to Ugandan life. People in cities seem to live for fun. They work and get money then they make a beeline for the entertainment spots. After the war in 1986, freedoms that had been suppressed by the old dictatorial regimes were reclaimed and Ugandans.......Full article |
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