Tariro negitare translated as tariro and the guitar is a hararebased guitarist, singer and songwriter. Through programmes like flame female literary, arts and music enterprise and sistaz open mic, the book cafe has helped to unearth and nurture some of zimbabwes best female musicians. For the past six years, book cafe has routinely hosted the sistaz open mic, which was launched and developed by pamberi trust in january. Sistaz open mic celebrates six years zimbabwe online news. Sistaz open mic poets recorded for badilisha poetry r. Tariro started playing the guitar at the age of at st. Lets honour heroes while they live zimbabwe situation. The sistaz open mic held this past weekend at the book cafe in celebration of the international womens day showed that the females in the music industry are a force to reckon with. The book cafe is home to me as an artist, this is the space that i started my poetry and music show and various collaborations too came out of it. Sharing the stage with poets i have always read in books such as lebo mashile, barolong sebone, mutabaruka, the late chiwoniso maraire a prolific. It is a place of free expression, of entertainment, of generosity.
Tinashe tafirenyika badilisha poetry panafrican poets. Sistaz open mic is one of the highlights of the flame project, a monthly open mic session where female artistes come together to do ur thang. She plays an original mix of indigenous african sounds and contemporary urban styles with a strong afro soul feel and evident influences from oliver mtukudzi, freshly ground, india arie and lauryn hill, tariro negitare is a brand that came to. It is harares arts hub, where a diversity of cultures mix freely, comfortably. These began on february 8 with an open mic session at the iconic book caf. She is one of the newest spoken word artists in zimbabwe having stepped onto the scene less than a year ago. Sistaz open mic, a talent search programme run by pamberi trust in collaboration with dutch aid agency hivos, turned six on saturday, and the party held at the book cafe was characterised by.
Female talent search programme, sistaz open mic, celebrated its sixth anniversary. Mar 10, 2014 the woman scream segment of the sistaz open mic programme in partnership with one billion rising for justice on sat 8 march commemorated the international womens day. Her music has a strong afrosoul feel and influenced by from artists such as oliver mtukudzi, sara tavares and tracy chapman, amongst others. She started performing as a solo artiste at sistaz open mic at the book cafe, using this important music platform to gain experience and exposure. The afternoon will also be a celebration of the protection of creative spaces, and features as usual, exciting young artists from widely different backgrounds together, and a unique opportunity for networking. Johns high school, emerald hill where she was taught by a german sr.
Mar 04, 2018 chigama has performed on many stages locally and beyond, starting with the house of hunger poetry slams held at the book cafe in 2004, as well as the sistaz open mic events that followed. Harare sistaz open mic, a platform for young women artistes to showcase their talents in song, dance, poetry and comedy and other disciplines, will celebrate its eighth birthday at the book cafe on saturday. It has been a place where l have discovered, grown, lost and gained. Book cafe is becoming a community arts centre a space. The international womens day is celebrated annually on march 8. Book cafe is becoming a community arts centre a space where artists and the public can meet each other, can connect with each other and share ideas and inspiration. Dudus second bite of the cherry bulawayoborn jazz diva dudu manhenga will have another bite of the cherry at the intwasa festival kobulawayo where she is billed to perform with two other female jazz artistes. Tinashe tafirenyika is currently a student at the university of zimbabwe studying medical laboratory sciences. As they showed solidarity with the global movement, the same thing was being repeated in three other centres in zimbabwe bulawayo, mutare and bindura. Sistaz open mic was born in january 2007 as a special platform for emerging female artists and the project has gone a long way in moulding young talent, according to manhenga.
Tendai mavengeni performs at sistaz open mic, a monthly platform for women artists, book cafe, harare. Jun 14, 2014 sistaz open mic, the book cafe, harare, zimbabwe. Chigamas anthology examines effects of brain drain in zim. Entertainment reporterthe sistaz open mic session at the book cafe to celebrate the international womens day will this saturday feature a lineup of women artistes ready to step out and. Nancy mukondyo aka blackheat deshanti, barbra breeze anderson, linda gabriel, elizabeth aka zaza muchemwa, mbizo chiracha aka the black poet, ngoni tapiwa aka upmost, more blessings size.
May 18, 2014 a friend of hers, charmaine chitate, invited her to a sistaz open mic event held at the book cafe, by pamberi trust under the flame project. Book cafe is also home to the spoken word and comes alive each and every month with sistaz open mic and the house of hunger poetry slam. Barbra breeze anderson badilisha poetry panafrican poets. Harare recently opened book cafe has more musical programmes to offer fans previously disappointed by its closure. Where women and men get together as sisters abd share food family and fun intwasa. A friend of hers, charmaine chitate, invited her to a sistaz open mic event held at the book cafe, by pamberi trust under the flame project. A regular at the house of hunger poetry slam and sistaz open mic sessions at the book cafe. In 20, she has released her first single from the album she is hoping will be released to the public soon. In the open mic format, anyone may appear and anything can happen. Upon observing the banners up in the space, we realized that it actually was the sistaz open mic, reincarnated. Aug 22, 2014 the book cafe, established by brickhill 17 years ago, has provided a platform on which many upcoming zimbabwean musicians have flourished. Oct 16, 2016 tendai mavengeni performs at sistaz open mic, a monthly platform for women artists, book cafe, harare. Book cafe celebrates womens day in style newsday zimbabwe.
On february 14, many of the young women from sistaz open mic joined other women from harare for the main one billion rising event, a one hour danceathon at the national gallery of zimbabwe. Where women and men get together as sisters abd share food family and fun sistaz open mic are expected to return to the pamberi garden stage in september. The woman scream segment of the sistaz open mic programme in partnership with one billion rising for justice on sat 8 march commemorated the international womens day. Aug 04, 2015 all the more that i can say now is a luta continua vitoria e certa sistaz open mic, the book cafe. Book cafe offers a space to eat, to drink to discuss to enjoy music, theatre and film. She has performed at open mic events and other poetry events at the book cafe mannenberg such as sistaz open mic and mashoko events. The women sing at both sides of the zambezi tumblr. As a festivalwomen scream is celebrated in commemoration of the importance of womens role in society, and also serves as a platform for talented. Sistaz open mic is among popular acts and activities that were missed by patrons but is now back. Phone 8179918311 fax 8174237521 menu updated 0916 1116 pennsylvania ave, fort worth, tx 76104. Book cafe is home to the spoken word and comes alive each and every month with sistaz open mic and the house of hunger poetry slam. Chigamas anthology examines the slipperiness of truth. Johns high school, where she was taught by a german sr. Sistaz open mic is held every second saturday of the month from 25pm.
It was at this platform that she linked up with edith weutonga then called edith and so what and became the guitarist for the band. We thought it had died with the closure of the cafe and the challenges that plagued pamberi trust book cafe partners thereafter. If you ever attended the sistaz open mic at the book cafe you will remember the ndebele sisters. The sistaz open mic held this past weekend at the book cafe in. Sistaz open mic celebrates six years the zimbabwe independent. Mar 07, 20 the sistaz open mic afterparty follows up from 5. List of ship decommissionings in 1950 wikivisually. Chigama has performed on many spoken word stages in zimbabwe and beyond, starting with the famous house of hunger poetry slams held at the book cafe in 2004 and then the sistaz open mic events. The outfits music has universal appeal it transcends age, preferences and social standing. The platform invites women artists from all disciplines to come and freely express themselves in the safety of daytime. This saturday, tariro negitare brings her unique brand of afrosoul to the book cafe as she revisits the space where it all started, sistaz open mic. Sat 10 oct, 27pm, sistaz open mic sistaz this is still your space come out and do your thing.
Pamberi trusts project, sistaz open mic, will be wrongly described by some chauvinists as a gathering of feminists denouncing the opposite sex, but last saturday, the zimbabwean witnessed a party of zimbabwean women with the zeal and enthusiasm for the arts industry as they celebrated the living and their late sheroes of the country. Twedes cafe at twedes, almost everything is made from scratch and from the best quality ingredients we can find. Onair encounter of poetry from zambia and zimbabwe broadcast by joy fm lusaka, dj petronellas poetic tuesday, 4 dec. The book cafes sistaz open mic will on saturday celebrate international womens day with a starstudded lineup of performers. Their father used to bring them all the way from marondera to. Sistaz open mic, a performance platform for female singers, musicians, dancers and spoken word artists in the zimbabwean capital, harare, held a series of events as their part in the campaign in partnership with one billion rising coordinators in zimbabwe. The book cafe zimbabwe 1,126 words case mismatch in snippet view article alive each and every month with sistaz open mic and the house of hunger poetry slam. Proudly brewing metropolis coffee and serving dollop baked goods. Oct 09, 20 sistaz open mic is held every second saturday of the month from 25pm. The gig, which falls under pamberi trusts female literary, arts and music enterprise flame, has helped to unearth many talented artistes.
The event is meant for upcoming and established female artists that wish. We have seen singers developing from scratch right in front of our eyes and we have had the likes of vimbai zimuto recording their first albums, thanda richardson is. She played regularly at church as well as at school. The single, titled nginje, is about how everyone affects and influences an individual. It is the flagship project of pamberis harare culture house. Expanded broadcast and poetic transmission, multimedia article.
The gig, which falls under pamberi trusts female literary, arts and music enterpris. Launched in 1997, book cafe has become the beating heart of culture in the capital. Sistaz cakes make custom om birthday, wedding to 3d sculpt cakes in many flavors. Bulawayoborn jazz diva dudu manhenga will have another bite of the cherry at the intwasa festival kobulawayo where she is billed to perform with two other female jazz artistes. Nov, 2014 tariro started playing the guitar at the age of at st. Jan 16, 2015 harare sistaz open mic, a platform for young women artistes to showcase their talents in song, dance, poetry and comedy and other disciplines, will celebrate its eighth birthday at the book cafe on saturday. Nov 06, 2014 book cafe open mic invites artists to commemorate the day and shout out about hiv and aids. Dance, poetry, theatre, music, comedy, whatever the passion, there is always an encouraging audience to spur the rookies on as well as celebrate the first. Born and bred in zimbabwe, tariro started playing the guitar at the age of at st. During sistaz open mic at book cafe harare, dudus sister uzah as mc, september 2012 let me zoomin here to one of the recordings from our online audioarchive a bit further.
Book cafe is becoming a community arts centre a space where artists. Barbra breeze the performance poet was born a year and seven months ago at the book cafe and since then has been exposed to frequent poetry slams such as the house of hunger poetry slam at the book cafe. This quartet of passionate and energetic musicians brings together the talents of filbert. It was good to see that the fire is still burning and there is hope for the sisters in the arts.
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