’amaBooks Launches Two New Books
Firstly,
the launch of
Intwasa Poetry
Friday 26 September
@ 5.30 pm
National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo
Main St/Leopold Takawira Avenue
during the Intwasa Arts Festival 2008
This collection brings together in one volume fifteen renowned and less well-known poets from Zimbabwe, the United Kingdom and Côte D’Ivoire who have read from their work at Bulawayo’s spring festival – the Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo.
The book will be introduced by John Eppel, with readings from his new poetry. There will also be readings by several of the other poets featured in the collection.
The fifteen poets are John Eppel, Owen Sheers, Julius Chingono, Chirikure Chirikure, Ignatius Mabasa, Shepherd Mandhlazi, Judy Maposa, Deon Marcus, Albert Nyathi, Pathisa Nyathi, Mthabisi Phili, John Read, Lloyd Robson, Veronique Tadjo and Joelle Taylor.
Secondly,
the launch of
Mambo Hills:
Historical and Religious Significance
by Marieke Clarke
Saturday 27 September
11.00 am
National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo
Main St/Leopold Takawira Avenue
during the Intwasa Arts Festival 2008
This booklet by Oxford academic Marieke Clarke considers the history of the sacred site to the north-east of Bulawayo that is also known as Intaba zi ka Mambo or Manyanga. Officials of the Mwali Religion that is practised there took leading roles in the War of the Red Axe of 1896, which nearly ended British South Africa Company rule in Southern Rhodesia. Speakers at the launch include Pathisa Nyathi and Oxford research student Barbara Mahamba.
The launch will be followed by the opening of the exhibition of Zimbabwe Stone Sculpture
the launch of
Intwasa Poetry
Friday 26 September
@ 5.30 pm
National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo
Main St/Leopold Takawira Avenue
during the Intwasa Arts Festival 2008
This collection brings together in one volume fifteen renowned and less well-known poets from Zimbabwe, the United Kingdom and Côte D’Ivoire who have read from their work at Bulawayo’s spring festival – the Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo.
The book will be introduced by John Eppel, with readings from his new poetry. There will also be readings by several of the other poets featured in the collection.
The fifteen poets are John Eppel, Owen Sheers, Julius Chingono, Chirikure Chirikure, Ignatius Mabasa, Shepherd Mandhlazi, Judy Maposa, Deon Marcus, Albert Nyathi, Pathisa Nyathi, Mthabisi Phili, John Read, Lloyd Robson, Veronique Tadjo and Joelle Taylor.
Secondly,
the launch of
Mambo Hills:
Historical and Religious Significance
by Marieke Clarke
Saturday 27 September
11.00 am
National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo
Main St/Leopold Takawira Avenue
during the Intwasa Arts Festival 2008
This booklet by Oxford academic Marieke Clarke considers the history of the sacred site to the north-east of Bulawayo that is also known as Intaba zi ka Mambo or Manyanga. Officials of the Mwali Religion that is practised there took leading roles in the War of the Red Axe of 1896, which nearly ended British South Africa Company rule in Southern Rhodesia. Speakers at the launch include Pathisa Nyathi and Oxford research student Barbara Mahamba.
The launch will be followed by the opening of the exhibition of Zimbabwe Stone Sculpture
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