Despite this year’s HIFA theme being titled engage, nothing could be further from the stated objective. The low audience turnout and entertainers didn’t help matters. The billed acts were barely known in Zimbabwe. However, with POVO’s debut...
A Show of Spirit, points to both the vibrant nature of HIFA, and the passion and aspiration of audiences. We are celebrating the capacity of the arts to impart courage, compassion and determination,...
“The Engagement Party,” stressed community engagement. With the them being engagement, it was only fitting that 2011 was the year that we decided to proactively engage the POVO family which had grown considerably. We were seeking to get more people...
Hifa 2010
It has survived the many challenges of the past decade and forged ahead proudly, demonstrating all the best facets of what makes a Zimbabwean a Zimbabwean - industrious, fun-loving, humorous, serious, generous,...
What do you think of the current state of Zimbabwe?Hmmm I know my name is Hope and the album is even titled Hope, it’s very easy to lose hope in a country like this, and so many...
HIFA 2009, marks the festival's 10th anniversary, will be conducted under the theme "enlighTENment". Enlightenment is the striving for and achievement of greater knowledge and understanding, the process through which we 'see the light'. The evolution of...
Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) is a 6-day annual festival and workshop programme that showcases the very best of local, regional and international arts and culture in a comprehensive festival programme of theatre, dance, music,...
