Every year HIFA lights up the city of Harare. Harare, the city that never sleeps goes on a 6 day cultural extravaganza of theatre, dance, music, poetry, workshops and this year fashion took centre stage as well. Crafts and wares are sold on the main festival grounds, Harare Gardens and over the years exhibitors have come as far as Binga, Bulawayo, Mozambique, Ghana just to mention a few. FLAME salutes the women artists who took part in the festival including Edith WeUtonga, Busi Ncube, Hope Masike, Tariro neGitare, Blackbird, Selmor Mtukudzi who in the past have worked closely with the project. Below is just a snippet of bits of happenings at HIFA 2013, all photographs by Batsirai E Chigama
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Peter Rorvik at the Arterial Network General Elective Meeting, Bronte Hotel, HIFA 2013
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| Jewellery Displays at the F.R.A.P PARTY, Af de Harare, HIFA 2013 |
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| Chirikure Chirikure, HIVOS Poetry Cafe Curator, HIFA 2013 |
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| Asanda Omnyama Vokwana, visiting South African Poet, HIFA 2013 |
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| Natalia Molebatsi, visiting South African poet, HIFA 2013 |
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| Hope Masike in collaboration with Muzila Xavier Malembe(Moz) and Bokani Dyer(SA) |
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| Closing act, Mokoomba (Zim) |
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| F.RA.P PARTY |
