{"id":1147,"date":"2010-02-03T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/povojournal\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2025-11-02T06:13:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T06:13:53","slug":"hope-masike-the-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/hope-masike-the-person\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Hope? POVOKonvo with Hope Masike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>Tell us a bit about yourself?<\/strong><\/em><br>I grew up in a family of 9 children &#8211; 2 boys and 7 girls. The spirit of sharing was very important as was working hard because we had to look after each other together. Fortunately, I am the last born who is very well educated by the way!. I have been doing a lot of fine art and music studies. Besides music, I have been doing fashion designing and fine art specializing in textiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Did you formally study music?<\/strong><\/em><br>Yah! I spent TWO years studying Ethnomusicology (&#8220;the study of social and cultural aspects of music and dance in local and global contexts.&#8221;) at the Zimbabwe College of Music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Favourite music &amp; movies?<\/strong><\/em><br>Thats a tricky question, especially nowadays is fashionable to say I listen to everything as long as it\u2019s well done. Growing up, in high school, everyone liked TOK, Whitney Houston. I also love that type of music by Salif Keita normally called World Music and Yvonne Chaka Chaka. I have always had a soft spot for that type of music which is probably why I was studying Ethnomusicology for the past two years; I think it\u2019s just a rich area. I loved Lord of the Rings! I loved the picture quality, I loved Cold Mountain, I love dramas also, and the Matrix funny enough!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Ethnomusicology?<\/strong><\/em><br>Oh it\u2019s just a very complicated sounding name but it\u2019s really nothing! Its musicology in a cultural context so you don&#8217;t just study the music but you study the culture behind it. Yeah, and its usually non Western music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Favorite Zimbabwean\/ international fine artists?<\/strong><\/em><br>To be honest I have been quite out of touch in that area. Chiko Chazunguza inspired me as a student. I am a bit biased because this guy was also my lecturer, but I have always thought he was very deep, and his work is very colourful in a very unusual way. I have always loved his prints which have always kind of stood out even up to now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Latest book you&#8217;ve read or are reading?<\/strong><\/em><br>I read too many books at the same time, I love short story compilations which are easier to read and don\u2019t take too much of my time. I used to love big volumes but don\u2019t have the time now. I am currently reading a compilation of short stories called Hatchings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Describe your average day<\/strong><\/em><br>I wake up to go to the College of Music, where I teach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>You teach at the College of Music?<\/strong><\/em>I actually do vocal coaching most mornings. Mondays and Wednesdays I go to Gateway High School to coach Marimba. Every other day I am doing something that has to do with my music. Either I am studying at the college, rehearsing or at a show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>I know you don&#8217;t want to dwell on the fine arts but where exactly are you, any exhibitions?<\/strong><\/em><br>I have never done an exhibition in the fine arts. When I finished my fine art (Diploma) I started concentrating on fashion designing so I have been doing a lot of work but I have never exhibited.\u00a0 I wouldn\u2019t want to call it a hobby because I take it very seriously so I just compile the stuff and keep it &#8211; a form of stress release I guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>You did a fashion show in 2008 at HIFA (Harare International Festival of the Arts), who did you do it with and how did that go?<\/strong><\/em><br>I featured in my capacity as a musician and provided the music for that show. It was more of a forum where people came to discuss issues in the country\u2019s fashion designing industry etc.<br><br>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/hope-masike-the-musician\/\">Part 2 &#8211; Hope The Musician<\/a>   |  <a href=\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/hope-masike-thoughts-on-zimbabwe\/\">Part 3 &#8211; Thoughts on Zimbabwe<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tell us a bit about yourself?I grew up in a family of 9 children &#8211; 2 boys and 7 girls. The spirit of sharing was very important as was working hard because we had to look after each other together. Fortunately, I am the last born who is very well educated by the way!. 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