This is downtown Bindura. I remember a few weeks before I left Zimbabwe in 1996, I spent a lot of time in Bindura. I bought US dollars at a Standard Chartered Bank here(yes, back then the Zim dollar could buy US dollars at an exchange rate of Z$9 is to $1).
I was in Bindura because....well, I think I was visiting some friends. No, I was in Bindura for a writers's workshop at Chipindura High School, where one of my friends was a teacher of English Literature. The workshop was sponsored by BWAZ and was designed to benefit the students and the Bindura BWAZ members. Below is a photo of the the workshop:
. The workshop facilitator in the middle is Memory Chirere! Below is a photo of Chipindura High School, where we held the workshop in April 1996:
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Yet another Chipindura photo:
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Below are some of the workshop participants, who had travelled from Harare (after one of them had spent several days travelling from Chimanimani):
From left to right: Maxwell Mabhiza, Dudziro Nhengu, Emmanuel Sigauke. Oh, what would a trip to Bindura be without a stop at the busy market south-east of the town center? See below:
If I remember well, this is the place where Ignatius Mabasa's novel, Mapenzi, begins. This musika is the Mbare of Bindura. See:
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Well, here is one more photo of the workshop. I missed a lot at that workshop since I was busy taking the photos. I remember one of the facilitators commenting during the break time that he had found the huge camera with its intense flash distracting, but I had to do what I had to do:
From left to right: Memory Chirere, Maxwell Mabhiza, Dudziro Nhengu, Alson Mfiri, and an editor for the Literature Bureau.
Okay, I love Bindura. Here is a random photo:
A hill. The roofs you see are of the then very new Bindura University of Science and Technology, which was not very far from Chipindura High.
This is downtown Bindura. I remember a few weeks before I left Zimbabwe in 1996, I spent a lot of time in Bindura. I bought US dollars at a Standard Chartered Bank here(yes, back then the Zim dollar could buy US dollars at an exchange rate of Z$9 is to $1).
I was in Bindura because....well, I think I was visiting some friends. No, I was in Bindura for a writers's workshop at Chipindura High School, where one of my friends was a teacher of English Literature. The workshop was sponsored by BWAZ and was designed to benefit the students and the Bindura BWAZ members. Below is a photo of the the workshop:
. The workshop facilitator in the middle is Memory Chirere! Below is a photo of Chipindura High School, where we held the workshop in April 1996:
.
Yet another Chipindura photo:
.
Below are some of the workshop participants, who had travelled from Harare (after one of them had spent several days travelling from Chimanimani):
From left to right: Maxwell Mabhiza, Dudziro Nhengu, Emmanuel Sigauke. Oh, what would a trip to Bindura be without a stop at the busy market south-east of the town center? See below:
If I remember well, this is the place where Ignatius Mabasa's novel, Mapenzi, begins. This musika is the Mbare of Bindura. See:
.
Well, here is one more photo of the workshop. I missed a lot at that workshop since I was busy taking the photos. I remember one of the facilitators commenting during the break time that he had found the huge camera with its intense flash distracting, but I had to do what I had to do:
From left to right: Memory Chirere, Maxwell Mabhiza, Dudziro Nhengu, Alson Mfiri, and an editor for the Literature Bureau.
Okay, I love Bindura. Here is a random photo:
A hill. The roofs you see are of the then very new Bindura University of Science and Technology, which was not very far from Chipindura High.
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