JAMAICAN dub poet D’Bi Young will tomorrow join local artistes Dudu Manhenga and Victor Kunonga at the Human Rights Commemoration concert at Book Café.
Tinashe Sibanda,Entertainment Reporter
Also known as Anita Afrika, the poet will be joining local artistes in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence programme which has been running since November 25.
The concert runs under the theme From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World.
“D’Bi Young is also a mono dramatist and educator whose socially-conscious and highly dynamic performance and art works ‘have made a significant mark upon the global psyche’,” said Pamberi Trust Arts administrator Penny Yon.
This is the poet’s second visit to Zimbabwe after passing through the capital in 2012 with the Poetry Africa Tour — and vowed to return.
Yon said Harare was certainly welcoming the poet with open arms as she would be part of a line-up presenting some of the most gifted artistes and voices.
“The line-up will be having a powerful message for peace in what will be a vivid and exciting three-hour performance of rhythm and rhyme from 8pm,” she added.
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Yon said Kunonga would perform with his backing band Peace, with a contemporary African style firmly rooted in the mbira tradition, and acclaimed Afrojazz singer Manhenga in 3 Generations with rising star Clare Nyakujara, Uza and a hot line-up of backing artistes including Blessing Muparutsa and Jimmy Buzuzi, in a beautiful and lively musical tribute to African music messages of our time.
Raised in Kingston, Jamaica, D’bi moved to Canada in 1993, and exploded onto the Canadian theatre scene in 2001.
She has since written eight plays, authored two poetry collections, produced two dub albums and received six Canadian awards for her work.
Her work has been extensively anthologised, featured on television from Cuba to Canada, and produced in theatres across North America, Africa, the Caribbean and Europe.
D’bi is celebrated as a visionary storyteller, a passionate humanist and a leader in the development of arts education and her performance would be courtesy of the Canadian embassy.
For 2013, the 16 Days Against Gender-Based Violence programme by Pamberi Trust is supported by Hivos, Africalia, European Union and the Embassy of Canada.
