MEMORIES of Peace art exhibition was successfully launched at Book Café on Tuesday night.
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The exhibition, which is supported by Arts for Democracy Zimbabwe Trust (ADZT), shows painting by Christine Ndoro being complemented by poems of Batsirai Chigama.
Both the poems and painting speak out against violation of women rights and peace among citizens.
Ndoro said she was exhibiting her pieces in honour of her mother Elizabeth.
“She is my pillar and source of great strength to me as both her child and as a mother to my own children”, she said.
She encouraged taking action towards attaining peace in the country.
“It is the easiest thing to politicise our feelings, but today is about introspection. We are spending too much time being angry at what we see and what has been done to us and others. How often do we as individuals stop and actually do something about it?” she said. She said Memories of Peace is about every Zimbabwean woman and is inspired by daily struggles they come across as individuals.
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The launch was attended by various players in the civil society sector among them ZimRights national director Okay Machisa and executive director of Musasa Project Netty Musanhu who applauded Ndoro for stepping up .
“Speaking up is the first and crucial step towards ending gender-based violence and attaining peace and the issue is not only limited to organisations, but everyone should take the responsibility,” Ndoro said.
She lamented the stigma associated women who risk disclosing what they are going through.
“Women are not able to disclose what they are going through and those that take the risk of disclosing face all forms of isolations” said Musanhu.
Speaking at the launch, Gender, Community Development and Women Affairs deputy minister Jessie Majome applauded ADZT for working towards peace and democracy.
“Artistes can reach their audience directly in a way even us as politicians envy. I encourage you to amplify your voices in attaining peace and democracy,” she said.
ADZT is an organisation that engages artistes in different genres to advocate for peace. On Saturday the organisation engaged House of Hunger poets to stage a slam which ran by the theme Celebrating Peace and Unity.
It also works with various musicians including Peter Moyo, Somandla Ndebele, Sulumani and Tryson Chimbetu, Abel Mahuchi, Jah Prayzah and Chiwoniso Maraire, among others.
