Remembering Brixton
In Brixton I found my most beautiful London experience. Emerging from the Underground I was greeted by a sheer mix of races and tribes and nationalities. No tourists here. Londoners in abundance! But Londoners unlike I had ever imagined them to be. Nigerian Londoners. Italian Londoners. Egyptian Londoners. Chinese Londoners. It was like there was an equal mix of every tribe on earth!
On one pavement there was a group of Chinese teenagers break dancing to a gospel song. A few metres away were some young Nigerian men giving away Islam literature. Read more
America idziva
Filed under: In Shona, Notes from the Diaspora, Poetry
Ndakaonawo apfichuka payairidzwa Kwasa Kwasa
Ndikati ndamuwana wangu apindwa neAfrica
Ndikatsegaira mhani, parutivi twasa twasa
rikasvikodoka tichingochokonyora pasi netsoka. Read more
5000 Attend ZimFest 2008 in London
Filed under: Entertainment, Arts & Culture, Notes from the Diaspora, Out and about
The 2008 Zimfest has enjoyed a record turnout, organisers said. The annual festival held at the Prince George’s Playing Fields in Raynes Park, London, drew 5000 Zimbabweans of all colour last Saturday. The event, organised by the UK-registered charity, WEZIMBABWE, climaxed with an hour-long performance by Oliver Mtukudzi and his Black Spirits band. Read more
