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'Women of the World': Harare divas celebrate International Women's Day
Pamberi Trust
March 08, 2010

Thanda Richardson, Prudence Katomene-Mbofana, Hope Masike, Rumbi Tapfuma, Adiona Maboreke, Kundisai Mtero, Cecilie Giskemo and Dudu Manhenga

On Saturday 13 March, ‘WOMEN of the WORLD' - A stunning lineup of some of Zimbabwe's most beautiful voices come together at The Book Café - a dazzling display of divas uniting with purpose - to celebrate and salute women of the world as part of the International Women's Day celebrations that will be rocking the world this week.

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 CECILIE 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'. A platform for women to come out in the comfort of day time to participate in the arts, Sistaz Open Mic is a special space for emerging women artists which has enjoyed the validation and support of divas of Harare, and seen several success stories over the past 3 years.

The FLAME project is also reaching into the southern African region and has already seen exciting artistic collaborations between women artists of Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa, the most recent being the performance of Swazi hiphop poet Jazz P, with Zimbabwe's own Thanda Richardson and Da Imani Troddas in February 2010.

Make sure you attend: Saturday 13 March, 5.30-7pm at The Book Café, Fife Ave, Harare

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