101. CULTURE-ZIMBABWE Dogs And Pigs No More? BULAWAYO, May 23 (IPS) Worse than dogs and pigs is how Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe described homosexuals almost a decade ago, http://www.aegis.com/news/ips/2004/IP040511.html

CULTURE-ZIMBABWE: "Dogs and Pigs" No More? Inter Press Service - May 23, 2004 Wilson Johwa BULAWAYO, May 23 (IPS) - "Worse than dogs and pigs" is how Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe described homosexuals almost a decade ago, when the gay community attempted to highlight widespread homophobia in the Southern African country. That statement, reported around the world, still reverberates in the country, casting a long shadow over the exercise of sexual freedom. Under Zimbabwean law homosexuality as such is not illegal. But sodomy - narrowly defined as anal sex between men - is. Yet, in subtle ways, things are also changing. Intolerance, particularly at the official level, seems to have mellowed into indifference. The random and all too frequent arrest of gays appears to have ceased, while the police's last raid of the Gays and Lesbians Association of Zimbabwe (GALZ) office was in 1996. "We have a good relationship with our local station," says Keith Goddard, who heads the 400-member organisation. "They treat us with great professionalism." Furthermore last July, after years of fighting, gays were allowed to set up their own stand at the annual Zimbabwe International Book Fair - no small feat, considering that their presence at the 1995 event caused a fiasco.

102. CULTURE-ZIMBABWE Communities Make Funerals Their Core Business BULAWAYO, Aug 18 (IPS) It s the first Sunday of the month. On the streets in Mpopoma - a working class area - many adults, both men and women but http://www.aegis.com/news/ips/2003/IP030809.html

CULTURE-ZIMBABWE: Communities Make Funerals their Core Business Inter Press Service - August 18, 2003 Wilson Johwa BULAWAYO, Aug 18 (IPS) - It's the first Sunday of the month. On the streets in Mpopoma - a working class area - many adults, both men and women but especially men, are distinguishable by their smart ties and dark blazers. Some of the men are on bicycles. Most are walking briskly and very few are in their own vehicles. Together they could be mistaken for devout Christians, yet church services are not on their minds. This Sunday crowd makes up the membership of Zimbabwe's many burial societies, clubs to which members pay monthly subscriptions redeemable only when there is bereavement in the family. Typically, members of such a society meet in a beer hall, to take advantage of the space and quiet on a Sunday morning. Like other burial societies that have meetings here, Mutare Home Burial Society has its own place: under the shade of a jacaranda tree in Khongo Beer Hall, a nondescript beer garden. Today about 30 of the society's 76 members have turned up for the meeting - a highly organized and strictly controlled affair - where latecomers are fined, as are those who turn up without the society's navy blue blazer and court of arms. Still, not everyone could make it. But almost all members are up to date in subscriptions. Nobody is willing to tempt nature with overdue subs.

103. NIC - Soc.culture.zimbabwe soc.culture.zimbabwe. culture and other issues pertaining to zimbabwe. Goto Group Copyright Notice Credits http://www.ibiblio.org/usenet-i/groups-html/soc.culture.zimbabwe.html

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104. Culture And Customs Of Zimbabwe — Greenwood Publishing Group culture and Customs of zimbabwe. Oyekan Owomoyela. Book Code GR1583. ISBN 0313-31583-3. DOI. DOI10.1336/0313315833. 192 pages, maps, photos http://www.greenwood.com/books/BookDetail.asp?sku=GR1583

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106. Mbira.org - Shona Mbira Music Of Zimbabwe Resource for people around the world who have an interest in Mbira, Marimba and Chimurenga styles of music from the indigenous cultures of zimbabwe. Related topics, Shona and Ndebele customs, Shona language and literature, traditions and beliefs as they relate to mbira music is also discussed. http://www.mbira.org/

SITE CONTENTS Home Page The MBIRA Organization About MBIRA Erica Azim Activities Mailing List Sign-up ... Tips on Zimbabwe Travel E-mail info@mbira.org Mbira Music The Instrument Shona Mbira Music The Role of Mbira in Shona Culture ... Forward Kwenda Links Other Resources Kit To Link To Us BUY MBIRA CDS OR MAKE A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION AND SUPPORT 105 ZIMBABWEAN TRADITIONAL MUSICIANS What is MBIRA the organization MBIRA is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to educate the public regarding traditional Shona music of Zimbabwe, including mbira music, and to develop a library of recordings to preserve that music. One of the primary objectives of MBIRA is to ensure that Shona music activities outside Zimbabwe benefit Zimbabwean musicians and instrument makers. This will generally support the preservation of traditional music in Zimbabwe. About Erica Azim , Director What is mbira the Zimbabwean musical tradition A Shona mbira piece consists of a basic cyclical pattern which includes numerous intertwined melodies, often with contrasting rhythms. The extensive possibilities for rhythmic and melodic variation render each performance unique. When two mbiras are played together, the interlocking parts result in rich polyphony and polyrhythms. A traditional repertoire of hundreds of pieces is transmitted from generation to generation, and pieces popular today are known to have been played over 700 years ago. At traditional Zimbabwean ceremonies (mapira), ancestors are called by performing their favorite songs; thus, the same pieces are retained in the repertoire over the centuries.

107. African Studies Center | Zimbabwe Page Offers a map and annotated links to resources related to the African country. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Zimbabwe.html

Zimbabwe Page Country Map of Zimbabwe U.S. State Department Consular Information Sheet for Zimbabwe Zimbabwean Embassy in the U.S. World Factbook entry for Zimbabwe Other On-Line Resources Related to Zimbabwe Zimbabwe The index has been created by The Norwegian Council for Africa, as part of its comprehensive effort to strengthen the knowledge of Africa and African affairs. The projects has been developed in cooperation with the information company Gazette, and wit h financial support from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Zimbabwe (Karen Fung) Resources represents part of Karen Fung's "Africa South of the Sahara Electronic Guide". It covers: news, history, geography, etc..

108. Afromix - Afro-Caribbean Music THE zimbabwe Music Awards (ZIMA) will this year be supported by the THE FrancoNamibian Cultural Centre will propose a Hip Hop concert tonight. http://www.afromix.org/html/musique/

@import url("/layout/css/afromix/fixed.css"); Skip site navigation Skip section navigation Search Peripheral Links English Header And Logo Site Navigation Home News Music Culture ... Society Sub menu Introduction Artists Styles Instruments ... eCommerce Section Navigation All French West Indies Haiti Guyana ... Trinidad and Tobago North Africa All Algeria Egypt Libya ... Tunisia Ouest Africa All Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde ... Togo Central Africa All Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic ... Rwanda East Africa All Djibouti Erythrea Ethiopia ... Uganda Southern Africa All South Africa Angola Botswana ... Zimbabwe Indian Ocean Comoros Madagascar Mauritius Seychelles ... Reunion Informations About Faq Contribute Submit an Article Afro-Caribbean Music Discover Bibliography News : Afro-Caribbean Music Namibia: German Jazz Band to Rock Warehouse A GERMAN contemporary jazz band tonight takes to the stage at the Warehouse Theatre, it was announced in a press release. ( AllAfrica Uganda: South African Star Chico Chimora to Grace Pam Awards The third annual Pearl of Africa Music (Pam) awards are set and all roads will lead to the Lugogo Cricket Oval this Saturday where the biggest celebration of local talent will take place. Once again, a South African artiste will grace this years' event. Revellers will be honoured to watch Africa's music father figure, Chico Chimora perform live. ( AllAfrica Ethiopia: Ethiopian Cultural Troupe Stages Music Show in Israel The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says "Ezra Traditional Music Team" of the Ethiopian National Theatre has staged a musical show in the Israel City of Nathania. (

109. Voices From Africa Punishment for violating the cultural environmental laws in zimbabwe before colonialism was extremely severe. As the sovereign and overall custodian of the http://www.unsystem.org/ngls/documents/publications.en/voices.africa/number6/vfa

Number 6: Sustainable Development Part 2 Contents: INTRODUCTION AUTHORS TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA TOXIC WASTE DUMPING IN ZAMBIA ... THE POOR PARTNERS' ATTITUDES TO TECHNICAL COOPERATION IN AFRICA CAMPFIRE: ZIMBABWE'S TRADITION OF CARING by Stephen Kasere Much has already been said and written about Zimbabwe's Campfire programme, highlighting how the programme decentralises political and administrative powers to grassroots people, how it distributes millions of dollars to the barefoot masses in communal areas, and how people have adopted eco-friendly views on wildlife and other natural resources as a result of it. But little has been said so far about the significance of the programme to reviving the cultural well-being of the people in Zimbabwe. The cultural component in Campfire not only proves to the world that sustainability is not a creation of western scholarship, as many would argue, but also explains why Campfire has managed to rapidly win the hearts of millions of Zimbabweans when other programmes, both in Zimbabwe and abroad, could not make it beyond the design stage. Prevailing arguments view Africans as non-conservationists at heart who have fallen in love with Campfire only because of the meat and money it generates. My contention, on the contrary, is that the programme has been accepted by people because it does not contradict the African wisdom about environment. While economic incentives are indispensable, the programme preaches and practises sustainable consumption as a vehicle for development. This is the language the Zimbabwean people and their ancestors have been practising since time immemorial.

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