{"id":1735,"date":"2012-05-25T23:47:25","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T22:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/povojournal\/?p=1735"},"modified":"2012-05-25T23:47:25","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T22:47:25","slug":"hifa-2012-a-show-of-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/hifa-2012-a-show-of-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"HIFA 2012 &#8211; A Show Of Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Show of Spirit<\/strong>, 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, and calling on our audience to boldly embrace the creative force within all of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/povo.co.zw\/opinions\/edith-we-utonga\">Edith We Utonga<\/a>&nbsp;was back again this year and was performing at the Telecel Main Stage. She was joined on stage by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/povo.co.zw\/opinions\/ba-shupi-and-stunner-hifa\">Ba Shupi and Stunner<\/a>. Mbira diva&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/povo.co.zw\/opinions\/hope-masike-hifa\">Hope Masike<\/a>&nbsp;back from her tour of Europe was on the Lays Global stage.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/povo.co.zw\/opinions\/mokoomba-hifa\">Mokoomba<\/a>&nbsp;also blazed on the Telecel Mainstage. We also attended a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/povo.co.zw\/opinions\/spoken-word-hivos-poetry-cafe\">Spoken word session<\/a>&nbsp;at the HIVOS poetry cafe which featured Batsirai Chigama, Oness Sankarra amongst others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/povo.co.zw\/opinions\/isma%C3%ABl-l%C3%B4\">Isma\u00ebl L\u00f4&nbsp;<\/a>was the main and closing act of the 2012 festival.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/povo.co.zw\/opinions\/publish-quest-telecel-mainstage\">Publish the Quest<\/a>&nbsp;were also back on this time on the Telecel Mainstage as well.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/povo.co.zw\/opinions\/tumi-and-volume-hifa\">Tumi and the Volume<\/a>&nbsp;made their debut performance in Zimbabwe at the Shoko Festival and they were back to rock the Telecel Mainstage. They were joined on stage by Zubz tha Last Letta. Another unforgettable performace was by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/povo.co.zw\/opinions\/liz-ogumbo-hifa\">Liz Ogumbo<\/a>&nbsp;from Kenya who started late and finsihed early much to the ire of the crowd. It was certainly our first show in all our years at HIFA that we felt the audience was severely short changed.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/povo.co.zw\/opinions\/maria-de-barros-cape-verde-zimbabwe\">Maria de Barros<\/a>&nbsp;from Cape Verde joined Liz Ogumbo on stage and took over much to the appreciation of the audience. View the image galleries fro HIFA 2012 below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edith We Utonga<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edith We Utonga this year had the Telecel Mainstage on the closing day of HIFA. She was joined by Stunner and Ba Shupi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isma\u00ebl L\u00f4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main act for HIFA 2012 was Isma\u00ebl L\u00f4. We made our trip especially for him and for one song,<em>&nbsp;Jammu Africa<\/em>! he had the whole audience singing along. he got teh men to sing by themselves then the women and then he rated them. He also sang hits like&nbsp;<em>Tadieu Bone<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Dibidibirek<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poetry seesions at the HIVOS Poetry Cafe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Memory, Batsirai Chigama, OneNess Sankara from th UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mokoomba at HIFA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mokoomba entertained at the Telecel Mainstage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hope Masike at HIFA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hope Masike who has bee touring Europe is back for another stint at HIFA and delivered an energetic performance as usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Liz Ogumbo at HIFA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kenyan model, singer and fashion designer, Liz Ogumbo graced the Telecel Main Stage at HIFA. The show left much to be desired as she came on the stage late and then finsihed early much to the ire of the fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tumi and The Volume at HIFA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tumi and The Volume first rocked Zimbabwean audiences at the Shoko Festival in 2011. He was back for another shop where Zubz th Last Letta aslo came onto the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Publish the Quest in the Telecel Mainstage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Publish the Quest from the US are back again at HIFA, this time they will be at the Telecel Mainstage. Last year they had an extra show at the Mannenberg togehter with Edith We Utonga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maria De Barros from Cape Verde to Zimbabwe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maria De Barros made her debut at HIFA this year and even got to share the stage with Publish the Quest from US and Liz Ogumbo from Kenya<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ba Shupi and Stunner at HIFA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ba Shupi and Stunner made a guest appearance during the Edith We Utonga show on the last afternoon of HIFA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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, and calling on our audience to boldly embrace the creative force within all of us. 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