{"id":541,"date":"2018-11-27T09:17:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T09:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectimbizo.org\/?page_id=541"},"modified":"2022-09-21T00:41:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T00:41:23","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projectimbizo.org\/?page_id=541","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"541\" class=\"elementor elementor-541\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d7d8b56 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d7d8b56\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd69444\" data-id=\"fd69444\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abcc2f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"abcc2f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.6 - 15-09-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who Are we?<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c40d7b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c40d7b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ebbf9c\" data-id=\"2ebbf9c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe195c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe195c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Mission<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc051dd elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"dc051dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.7.6 - 15-09-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>21st century Zimbabwe is suffering from poor integration of indigenous languages in industries, curriculums etc. Before gaining independence, colonial language policies made English the official language. Even when schools taught some indigenous languages they did so in English. Even today, several schools require students to only speak in English at school. Expanding one\u2019s knowledge in indigenous languages is largely unavailable beyond Shona and Ndebele. The Zimbabwean government came up with an amended constitution\u00a0 (N0.20) in 2013, which, among other provisions, uplifted &#8220;minority\u00a0 languages&#8221;. Among\u00a0 the 16 constitutionally recognized languages of Zimbabwe are Chewa, Nambya,\u00a0 Ndau, Tonga, Venda and Xangani. Many of these languages are spoken by borderline communities except Chewa which is found across the country\u00a0 concentrated at mines, farms and old locations of urban centers in Zimbabwe. In\u00a0 the past, people from these communities were forced to learn either Ndebele\u00a0 or Shona as their primary language. Children were taught languages and cultures that did not\u00a0 belong to them and their identity became structures without foundations. This not only happened with languages, but also with traditional dance, music, literature and more. Despite all this, many communities were resilient and managed to preserve their cultures to this day.<\/p><p>The goal of Project Imbizo was to research and collect data in order to eventually create a large-scale open access digital archive of Zimbabwean traditional arts, literature and oral histories, and more, thus preserving intangible culture for future generations. The main focus for this initial research was traditional dances with hopes of expanding to other aspects of culture as more funding is secured. We believe in breaking down the barriers to accessing the knowledge of our ancestors.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4e266b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c4e266b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet the team<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3187c4a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3187c4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f90d466 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f90d466\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-205036a\" data-id=\"205036a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4edd8d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4edd8d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Khangelani Mhlanga<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1233bcf elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1233bcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b44a02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b44a02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Khangelani is a recent Bachelors of Science in Biology graduate from Ithaca College, NY, USA, with a passion for veterinary medicine, public health and the preservation of Zimbabwean cultures. She works in emergency medicine and wildlife care while working on projects focused on mediating human-wildlife conflict and recording aspects of Zimbabwean cultures.<\/p>\n<p>She is part of the fourth cohort of the BOLD Women&#8217;s Leadership Network and the recipient of the Projects for Peace grant that funded this program. Project Imbizo was inspired by her own personal journey to learn more about where she comes from.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc51ff9\" data-id=\"dc51ff9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57ab61a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"57ab61a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.6 - 15-09-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"985\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectimbizo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-19-at-9.15.59-PM.png?fit=1024%2C985&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectimbizo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-19-at-9.15.59-PM.png?w=1046&amp;ssl=1 1046w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectimbizo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-19-at-9.15.59-PM.png?resize=300%2C289&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectimbizo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-19-at-9.15.59-PM.png?resize=1024%2C985&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectimbizo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-19-at-9.15.59-PM.png?resize=768%2C739&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55d095e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55d095e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55884cd\" data-id=\"55884cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b2488d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b2488d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Trust Mutekwa<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f9dc8a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6f9dc8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0156c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0156c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4);\">A teacher with a passion to empower children with backgrounds of diverse hardships, Trust works at St. Giles Special School and in communities of Harare, Masvingo and provinces around Zimbabwe.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4); color: var(--ast-global-color-3); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">His practice is characterized by empowering the children with ICT, Gardening, Tree Planting, Music and Art &amp; Craft skills. Trust&#8217;s work with children has taken him to the World Children\u2019s Festival, the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Fellowship, the Nobel Prize Teacher Summit on Climate Change and has been recognized as the Top 50 of the Global Teacher Prize 2020.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e308dae\" data-id=\"e308dae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d7d1d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8d7d1d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"973\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectimbizo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5fcb676b-0e65-4bd3-a9e1-ab37707a9053.jpg?fit=1024%2C973&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectimbizo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5fcb676b-0e65-4bd3-a9e1-ab37707a9053.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectimbizo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5fcb676b-0e65-4bd3-a9e1-ab37707a9053.jpg?resize=300%2C285&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectimbizo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5fcb676b-0e65-4bd3-a9e1-ab37707a9053.jpg?resize=1024%2C973&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectimbizo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5fcb676b-0e65-4bd3-a9e1-ab37707a9053.jpg?resize=768%2C730&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d6c968 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d6c968\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3830486\" data-id=\"3830486\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17bdc2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17bdc2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tinashe Muchuri<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1c8391 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a1c8391\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550d97c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"550d97c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tinashe Muchuri is an actor, blogger, journalist, performer, poet, storyteller, writer and a Shona consultant with a keen to arts and indigenous knowledge systems. He is the author of an anti-novel titled<i> Chibarabada<\/i> (2015) and two children\u2019s books;&nbsp;<i>Zvipfuyo nevana vazvo<\/i> (2013) and <i>Auntie Mazvita<\/i> (2021). He is a receiver of National Journalism And Media Awards (NJAMA) for arts and entertainment reporting, and for writing on children issues. He is also a receiver of National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) for outstanding print journalism, and was nominated for writing children literature.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tinashe enjoys writing in Shona and researching around the knowledge systems of the Shona people. He is a media studies graduate from ZOU and is a Masters of Arts in Language and Literature Production candidate at UZ. He has freelanced for several media houses online and print. His poetry in both English and Shona appear in several online and print publications across the globe. He also appears in several films and television among them \u2018<i>Nyaminyami and the eggs of the evil<\/i>\u2019, \u2018<i>Playing warriors<\/i>\u2019, \u2018<i>Tanyaradzwa<\/i>\u2019, \u2018<i>Tiriparwendo<\/i>\u2019 and \u2018<i>Vhunze<\/i>\u2019.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-89b2b80\" data-id=\"89b2b80\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-427de42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"427de42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectimbizo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9bbf565e-9a93-458d-aebb-52b79bbddf0e.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectimbizo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9bbf565e-9a93-458d-aebb-52b79bbddf0e.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectimbizo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9bbf565e-9a93-458d-aebb-52b79bbddf0e.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectimbizo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9bbf565e-9a93-458d-aebb-52b79bbddf0e.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectimbizo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9bbf565e-9a93-458d-aebb-52b79bbddf0e.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who Are we? 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