Zes'khethu Storytelling Festival

Our talented actors performed the well-known Tselane and The Giant at Agang Bokamoso in Garankuwa, for their Storytelling Commemoration Event.

The story still holds so much relevance because not only is it about the storytelling element or raising awareness about the dangers of speaking to strangers as a child, but it emphasizes the importance of standing up against injustice, making it relevant in contexts where individuals or communities face adversity. It remains a timeless story.🎭❤️

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South Africa meets Zimbabwe|| 🇿🇼🇿🇦

Ladies and gentlemen, the stage has met itself finest, and today theatre lovers set to have a good time.

The Director of this play - Bongani B Masango , Directed two of our productions at Savanna Trust ( Ukama and Liberation) and both went on to win best theatre production at the NAMAS

You now know what to expect 🔥🔥🔥. It’s going to be an epic night!!

PS. Set a reminder for 6:30PM

Abantu Creatives EU Delegation to Zimbabwe Culture Fund British Council Zimbabwe Jasen Mphepo Little Theatre -JMLT Unesco Regional Office for Southern Africa Embassy of Sweden in Harare National Arts Council of Zimbabwe - NACZ Pro Helvetia Johannesburg - Swiss Arts Council Zimbabwe Theatre Academy Farie Clarence Borerwe Nicholas Mkaronda Lloyd Nyikadzino Mtsinje Trust Jasen Mphepo Charity Dlodlo Zaza Muchemwa WekwaManyengavana Shingirai Pezhuba Pachena Cultural Ensemble earGROUND AFRICA CreativeACTIONs Plot Mhako

“When you read a script, you get a feeling from it.”
-Sasha Alexander

When you are reading a script, not only do you get a feeling from it, you get to imagine endless possibilities that will come out once it is staged! That’s the beauty of art, there are no limitations!🎭

Indlela Scriptreading Session.🎭

The ACCEL ZW Theatre Festival, will host: Indlela.

This is a production from the Zes’khethu Storytelling Festival, and it will be staged in Harare, Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 at the Jasen Mphepo Little Theatre.

With less than two weeks left before the performance, things are getting intense in rehearsals. Our amazing actors, Xolani and Nhlakanipho together with the director, Bongani Bennedict Masango, are preparing for this thought-provoking and captivating piece about the journey to self-discovery!🎭

If you will be in Harare, or know of somebody that will be, please encourage them to attend the festival 😄😄 it promises to be a good one !

Exciting News!!!!🔥
We are honored and thrilled to announce that one of the productions from our festival, Indlela written and directed by Bongani Bennedict Masango and performed by Xolani Lowrance Nhlapo is invited to be part of the One Hander International Theatre Festival in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Black Pearl by Esther Sithole
A refugee woman who escaped poverty and war in Zimbabwe, to try improve her livelihood in South Africa by starting a small peanuts business. She then fall’s in love with a man born and bred in South Africa named Vusumuzi. Her name is Kwanele but her husband calls her Black Pearl because of her skin colour. However, Kwanele didn’t really escape oppression because she got married into a family that still oppresses women who can’t bear children for their husbands. She holds on to hope, that one day she will prove to her in-laws and the society that she can bear children for her husband.

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Isiphika sika Mama by Well Beloved Anele Yilo

The story follows a woman of prayer, with supernatural powers embedded in her Isiphika which can be translated to the word cape. The Inyanga in the community, wants to get his hands on this cape to try to enhance his powers. He then lures the woman's eldest son, who would do about anything for money even if it means stealing and selling his mother’s powerful prayer cape. The woman gets ill and the only way out of her illness is through getting her cape back. Her youngest son then embarks on a journey of trying to save his mother and finding her powerful prayer cape.

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Lesedi La Badimo by Sarah Monkwe

Lesedi La Badimo is a story about a girl who has a calling. Her grandmother who is late takes her through a spiritual journey. When it’s time for Lesedi La Badimo to go initiate under water, her grandmother does this through a dream. She is scared of going underwater but eventually agrees and meets her Guides. She’s woken up by her mother, as she had fallen asleep on the floor. She wondered why her room still had the stench of burnt impepho and why she was the only person who could notice the smell. She is a bit scared to inform her parents about her dream and journey but eventually she tells them. Batsadi ba makala empa ba amogela Lesedi La Badimo.

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"The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller." -Steve Jobs

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Mkhulu led the audience into a candle lighting ceremony, where he shared with the audience the importance of candles lit and their significance in our lives.🕯

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The festival introduced a clairvoyant group reading session as part of the Saturday afternoon programme. We invited Lerato Unplugged, an African Spiritualist, where she held an intimate teaching on defining the difference between Modimo and Badimo and also gave rise to how the two concepts collaborate when juxtaposed. Gogo Lerato continued to delightfully conduct a group reading session with some of the audience members.

A special thank you to Gogo Lerato for gracing us with her presence and her much appreciated contribution towards the festival's theme for this year.
Siyathokoza 🎭

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This year, the festival's theme was _Umghidi we Sonto_. Naturally, our opening act was Isiguqo, which is a prayer meeting that seeks affinities with spirit dimensions.
The significance of the opening act was to set a bona fide atmosphere for the entire festival, with the theme holding it all together.

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"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."
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