WEALTH OF IDEAS

 February 21, 2022 was International Mother Tongue Day, a celebration that many did not realize was happening, because it is not talked about often and is perhaps not celebrated everywhere as it should. To celebrate the day is to embrace the linguistic diversity of our world, and to ignore the day is let each other down, to live as if the diversity of our languages, hence our diversity, does not matter. But one small organization in Zimbabwe did not want to let this day go by without being observed: Chisiya Writer's Workshop, an organization of writers physically located in Mazvihwa, Zimbabwe, celebrated the day through an event co-organized with the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe, Midlands Branch.  The event, titled "International Mother language day presentation", was held as a discussion on the WhatsApp forum of Chisiya Writer's Club. It was facilitated by Emmanuel Hove Mhike and moderated by Pam Kupfavira of the Midlands Branch of NACZ.  To capture the spirit o...

Culture Week is commemorated as part of the universal declaration on cultural diversity by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) which also declare May 21 as the World day of Cultural diversity for dialogue and development. Mazvihwa, a rural community South East of Zvishavane is set to celebrate in style this year's Culture Week which begins on May 19 to 25 throughout the country.The national launch will be in Gwanda, a more central venue according to the organizers, the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe ( NACZ). A Mazvihwa-based and non-profit organization, Muonde Trust has lined up three crucial Bio- Cultural activities for the week's celebrations.   Top on the list is the collective effort by both the community and Muonde Trust in restoring Mazvihwa's popular sacred forest popularly and locally as ' Rambotemwa'. This sacred forest used to be home to a thousand variety of indigenous tree...

Who are you?* That's a tricky question. I was born Emmanuel Hove Mhike but I think I'm just a crazy Prince, Prince of Mazvihwa. Why do you write? Writing is my life blood. I think the pen inhales the cabon dioxide I exhales and I inhales the oxygen it exhales :) How do you write? My writing is inspired by events. I do not think deeper. I write about my everyday experiences. Does it pays to be a writer in Zimbabwe? No, you pay to be a writer in Zimbabwe. Writers are living in abject poverty. The whole arts sector is languishing. What can be done? Writers, we are agents of change. Zim politics is the culprit. We don't need violence, Pen is mightier than the gun! Do you enjoy writing? Absolutely! I live to write. I enjoy readers' comments, complaints and complements What can you say about your poems? Here is the Universal remedy. This universe needs some healing, it is suffering from dangerous but curable diseases such as corruption, civil war...