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Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) 2011 - Index of articles, videos and images
Inside/Out
with Kerry Wallace, café owner
Bev
Clark, Kubatana.net
May 02, 2011
Zimbabwe has
a host of talented people helping to make it both survive and grow.
Kerry Wallace is one of them. He manages one of the best restaurants
in the country, dishing up stunning food laced with his special
brand of humour. Every year Kerry keeps audiences at HIFA well fed
and wowed at his food stall on the green.
Describe
yourself in five words?
Another fucker out to lunch.
What's
the best piece of advice you've ever received?
Kids be free to do whatever you want to do, and be whatever you
want to be just as long as you don't hurt anybody. (Wise words
from the musical Hair).
What's
the most ridiculous thing you've ever done?
Everything.
What
is your most treasured possession?
My Ipod with over 10 000 songs on it from the 60s onwards.
What
do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Being on my own.
Do you
have any strange hobbies?
Cruising.
What
do you dislike most about your appearance?
My bald head from the back. And being cut at birth - my circumcised
dick.
What
is your greatest extravagance?
Olive oil and Parmesan cheese.
What
have you got in your fridge?
Café leftovers.
What
is your greatest fear?
Well it ain't dying that's for sure!
What
is your favourite journey?
On my own to Cape Town to see my mother.
Who
are your heroes in real life?
John Lennon and Neil Young: peace and love is what they have in
common.
When
and where were you happiest?
Life's always been fraught.
What's
your biggest vice?
Alcohol.
What
were you like at school?
The Organiser.
What
are you doing next?
Hopefully retiring to work in Nyanga or Juliasdale.
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