Graffiti With Purpose

AIDS Free Generation

Graffiti With a Message

AIDS Free Generation was the message of the graffiti that was done by The (Tune Crew) Throw Up Nation Elevated that features  Phar-I from Bulawayo at the Shoko Festival Peace In The Hood Concert on the 23rd of September in Glen-norah B.

Graffiti has been viewed in bad light as vandalism of property done by hooligans and it was declared to be a crime that can carry a fine or even jail time.

Once they had the wall cleared by the police the Tune Crew made it worth all the trouble and produced what i call a beautiful message.

As the next generation we need more of that culture of good Graffiti that has a message.

Shoko Festival:Peace In The Hood Event

The last day of the Shoko Festival presented by Magamba and Team Mashoko was held in Glen-norah B  with a series of activities on the Peace in the hood event on the 23rd of September.
The MC of the event was Godobori and the Highlights of the performances were Ba Shupi,MIC Crenshaw(from USA),Natty(from UK),Dadza D and a lot more.

The Crowd

The Graffiti:AIDS FREE GENERATION

Performance

The crowd was overwhelming and they were entertained by live music,b-boys and live graffiti paintings to name but a few of the events.
It was the best way to round off the festival.

Shoko Festival Right on Schedule

REFRESHMENTS

MIXING AND MINGLING

POSING FOR THE CAMERA

Tuesday the 18th of September marked the official start of the Shoko Festival with a strictly by invite only art exhibition called the Shout Exhibit Opening at the Gallery Delta.

ART EXHIBITION

The night was all about  giving credit to all the people who are making the festival happen and it was also for the artists to get to know each other and also trade and share skills and opinions.
Nando's and londoners sports bar worked in colaboration to fix up refreshments for the crowd with a cocktail and serve yourself trays.

Shoko Festival Press Conference

Magamba Cultural Activist Network Held a Press conference on the 12th of September for the much awaited Shoko Festival at the Book Cafe in Harare defining it as an urban culture event that has Hip Hop,Neo-soul,Stand-up comedians,Fashion and a lot more.

Comrade Fatso(Director),Outspoken(Marketing Director) and Tafadzwa Sharaunga (Media Liaison) addressed journalists saying that the event will be one of a kind and it will bring artists from 8 different countries both internationally and regionally based.

Comrade Fatso explained the importance of this festival to the local music industry and also individual artists that will be perfoming saying that there will be a lot of collaborations of the local artists with the international artists allowing us to trade culture and keep up with the world's  musical trends.

Outspoken also added on to the fact of the Festival being one of its kind because it is reaching different parts of the community that have not been reached by something of this magnitude like one of the venue which would be Glen-norah "B" shopping area.  

They also promised a time to remember at the festival and also more festivals to come.

Hope & Optimism is all we need.

Optimism is a word derived from the Latin word optimum,meaning "best". Being optimistic means that one expects the best possible outcome from any given situation.
Hope is the act of looking forward to something with desire and reasonable confidence that something desired may happen.
These are the two words that can best describe any Zimbabwean for the past two decades in terms of what they ought the future to be and by the looks of things hope and optimism is all we need to get by in this country.
The economic and political situation has seemed to be beyond repair for a long time now and the only reason why the country is not in a civil  war or any industrial action is that people are really optimistic that things will get better due to time.
Every election has proved to be a blood bath and after every election people say that it is very unnecessary to have an election because the results are the same at the cost of a lot of lives lost but when it is time to have another election people get excited and embrace them and yet they know that is the worst time of the year and they hope that results can turn their way and also be optimistic that people do not indulge in violence.
A lot of people migrated to other countries in search of greener pastures but others remained behind because they were hopeful and optimistic that things might get better and yet it has been a long way coming and some might even say that things have become worse.
The fact is that the future in Zimbabwe is really bleak but yet people are hoping that things might change though they do not know what to do for things to change and that is the only thing that has kept Zimbabweans alive and focused.
The aspect of change also terrifies people because they really don't know what change will bring and how change can change meaning change can either be better or terrible and terrible can never be said to be out of the question.
This means that though we do not know where we are going hope is the reason why we keep on moving,hence the most important factor of our livelihood is hope and optimism because we do not really know what we want and what is going to happen but we just hope for the best and hang in there.

Zambezi News 3&4:Launch

The launch of the hilarious comedy season Zambezi News episodes 3&4 was on the 30th of August 2012 at the Red Bar in New-Lands and it was backed with performances by stand-up comedians Comrade-Fatso,Carl Joshua Ncube,Doc Vickela,Michael K and Simba The Comic King.
Once again the usual suspects,news readers of Jerome Weathers,Mandape Mandape,Kudzaishe Mushayahembe were back with very informative and controversial news being helped by interesting characters like the Anonymous drunkards,Pastor Olufuwene,Minister of impending projects,Even More lil Swaggery Boys to name but a few.
The venue was packed to the door with people who were treated with free give away Cd's of episodes 3&4 and also there was a screening of the same episodes.
The Zambezi News concept was created by Comrade Fatso and Outspoken and is produced by Mutheu Maitha-Bomba and it is a production of Magamba Network.
People can get access to the episodes by visiting Zambezi News You Tube channel.

Zambezi News Launch:Big Crowd

There were overwhelming numbers of people who came in to witness the launch of the comedy series Zambezi news episode 3&4 at the Red Bar in New-Lands in Harare recently.