Blessing’s HIFA Diary - Day 3, ambiguity, finding God & poverty
29 April, Thursday
Stanbic Bank day
“A country that’s going through some ambiguous moments.” - Maria Wilson – HIFA Executive Director, talking about Zimbabwe.
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Day two without electricity – I think this qualifies as one of those ambiguous moments. I am not home all day so I haven’t really felt it too badly yet except for the unfairness of driving past lit suburbs all the way home after midnight only to reach ours that is in complete darkness. Thank God for the full moon otherwise it would be an untenable situation.
After leaving the press room way past the time of the first show I was supposed to see, I picked up an artist friend who is performing tonight. She wanted to go shopping for a shiny, purple, body hugging, short jacket with long sleeves. In Harare! I thought the flea market in Avondale would be the best place and also convenient as it was also the location for my next show. We didn’t find the jacket, of course – in Harare! – BUT I was very surprised at the wide selection on clothes available there and if there was a purple jacket of that particular description to be found anywhere in Harare, it would be here I think. We went on to the show. Read more
Local Businesses sponsor “Flip Floppers” Hip Hoppers to go to Cape Town
Members of the Zimbabwe business community have come together to sponsor the finalists of the Zimbabwe Battle Of The Year (BOTY) 2009 Dance Competition to go to the Africa final in Cape Town, South Africa. BOTY is an annual dance competition featuring B-Boy crews from all over the world.
The team representing Zimbabwe is made up of four local dance groups Flip Floppers (Harare), Most Wanted (Bulawayo), Inmates (Harare) and 116 (Harare) that competed at the national BOTY competition held by Jibilika at the 7 Arts theatre in Avondale Harare on the 1st of August. The license for BOTY Zimbabwe is held by Jibilika Entertainment. Jibilika was started in June 2007 by Plot Mhako, with a vision to enhance socio economic development through art especially all genres of dance. Read more
