Tsitsi Ndabambi
The Zimbabwe Music Festival Bira (ZIMFEBI) has been instrumental in promoting culture in Zimbabwe and other countries.
The festival gives an insight of who we are and where we come from as Zimbabweans and our families.
Like what has been highlighted in book “Flashback Identity,” families have their origins and family trees and it is important for generations to understand their roots.
In that light organisers of ZIMFEBI have called on the government and institutions to come on board in partnering with them for cultural outreaches.
Author, musician and cultural ambassador Luckson Manlukerz Chikutu who is the brainchild of ZIMFEBI said lack of adequate funding have stalled their project.
“We cannot do outreaches now because we do not have funding. So we are calling upon government and organisations to chip in,” he said.
The cultural fete has been instrumental in cultural information dissemination in communities.
He said he will try to reach the Ministry of Youths Sports Arts and Recreation to get assistance in resuming the outreach programmes.
“I have noticed that the Ministry is reaching out to many artistes so that alone is good on our part because we can work on partnerships to foster our work forward,” he said.
Launched in 2014 at the Book Café, the organisation has held outreach programmes locally in areas such as Guruve, Zvimba, Kadoma and Gokwe before taking it to Sweden.
“Diverse cultures and traditions can influence and reflect human beings in modern society. In the long term it may also contribute to a peaceful and harmonious society with independent and strong individuals,” he wrote in the book.
Since 2006 ZIMFEBI has been involved in a number of cultural workshops before launching in Sweden, in 2007.
In 2010 the organisation participated at the Secret Festival with musicians from Europe and Africa that was held in Oland.
