By Tatiana Mhararira
A Masvingo poet Tecla Nyengeterai Mwoyo is set to release a poetry anthology which she says was meant to promote Zimbabwean culture, with the project running from end of October to December 2024.
Mwoyo said the anthology is state funded and learners from primary and secondary schools as well as college students will be contributing their work in it.
She said after the success of her first poetry album ‘Voiceless’, she was inspired to work on the second project which she said is meant to equip people from various ages with poetry skills as there are many talented people out there with most of them lacking kills.
“Following the success of the ‘Voiceless’ album, I am working on my upcoming project called My Hearty Zim Culture Poetry Anthology running under the theme ‘The best way to understand a different culture is to live among’.
“The anthology aims to equip leaners and students with necessary poetry skills in promoting shared standard of interactions, to enable Zimbabweans to embrace their culture with pride, to promote multiculturalism and to facilitate translation of indigenous languages used in anthology into English Language being supplementary tourism industry efforts,” said Mwoyo.
Mwoyo said each province will have its own poetry book and there were some key outputs which she aimed to see after the launch of the anthology.
“The key outputs of the anthology include increased responsiveness from schools covering all ten provinces to district levels, technical facilities, raised awareness and publication of information,” said Mwoyo.
Mwoyo is a poet registered with the National Arts Council and can perform on a number of events including local and international events.
Some of the poems on the ‘Voiceless’ album include Dear God, Valentine, I’m sorry, Girl Child, Dzimba Dzemabwe, Kutenda, Wandakada, Kubaira Zanhi and Ndakatamba nepwere.
