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Josephine Mupambwa
2020-12-29 16:52:00 UTCJosephine Mupambwa was the star athlete at her school. Tiny, active, and book smart, she drew the attention of one of her teachers. “He saw how petite I was and it excited him,” she says.Raised in the Budgja community of Mutoko, she was the youngest of three siblings. Josephine’s mother…
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Josephine Mupambwa
2020-12-29 16:52:00 UTCJosephine Mupambwa was the star athlete at her school. Tiny, active, and book smart, she drew the attention of one of her teachers. “He saw how petite I was and it excited him,” she says.Raised in the Budgja community of Mutoko, she was the youngest of three siblings. Josephine’s mother…
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Dorcas Shava
2020-12-29 16:47:00 UTCDorcas was born in Chiweshe to the Mufuka-Makandyera family. She is one of twelve daughters (only) born to her parents and one of six who are still living. Her family moved to Mabvuku where she was then raised and met her husband with whom she has four children. Marrying into…
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Courteney Mantiziba
2020-12-29 16:47:00 UTCA mother of 2 girls, Courteney (33) came from a broken home, and in marrying her husband, Tapiwa, she vowed to create a stable home for her daughters.Growing up in Dzivarasekwa with her own two sisters, Courteney remembers how she and her sisters would run onto the streets when it…
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Trust Mutekwa
2020-08-14 06:42:00 UTCTrust was born into a family of twelve children, and, as the fifth child, he enjoyed bullfighting with his siblings and friends from nearby villages. As their mothers met to make clay pots with their daughters, the sons would create clay bulls. “The nicer your bull was, the more other…
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MaNtombi Idah Charunda
2020-08-14 06:42:00 UTCMantombi never thought she would live to have a family of her own. Her mother was the lesser of her father’s two wives because she could not give her husband living sons. “My father hated us. My paternal grandmother hated us. We were that we are useless because we are…
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Loice Musongwe
2020-08-13 06:42:00 UTCLoice grew up with her extended family in her home village in the Bindura district. She loved swimming and the swimming competitions they had in the river against the boys. “It didn’t matter if you were a boy or girl. We were brothers and sisters, nothing more.”As with any family…
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Gardigan Muganhu
2020-08-13 06:42:00 UTCHis mother raised Gardigan in Mhondoro, Mashonaland West Province. He was born in the Chihota Communal Area near Mahusekwa business center in Mashonaland East Province. “I was born during my father’s dying days and he named me Gardigan Tajambwa-nekurwara Muganhu.” Tajambwa ne kurwara is a Shona phrase that means “the…
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Marian Mushandu
2020-08-07 06:42:00 UTCAt the age of 15, Marian grew up in one of the most volatile environments in Zimbabwe’s history- as was the nature of the conflict. It is at this tender age that Marian fell pregnant.”I had no idea what to do as I had yet to develop my own opinions…
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Letwin Mubaiwa
2020-07-18 06:42:00 UTCAt 27, Letwin Mubaiwa needs her husband’s assistance to communicate with her family or friends. Born into an underprivileged family, she cannot read or write, nor can she estimate her own age. Her parents barely made ends meet, and there wasn’t enough food or clothing to cater for her and…
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Kundai Chihuri
2020-07-18 06:42:00 UTCIn 2014, Kundai Chihuri took over her parents’ responsibilities at the age of 9. In search of better employment opportunities, her parents’ immigrated to South Africa leaving Kundai to care for her two younger siblings, Haley (4) and Tanatswa (2). Abandoned and without a source of income, the three children…
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Patricia Mudzingwa-Murwisi
2020-07-18 06:41:00 UTCPatricia was born into a family of 8, in Gutu, Zimbabwe, and has fond memories of the traditional games she used to play with her agemates back then. “Back then, we could go to the river and swim with the boys without fear. Today, boys and girls cannot do the…
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About Whispering Silence
2020-06-30 06:45:00 UTCThere is nothing more uncomfortable than silence: Nothing more telling than silence The ongoing COVID-19 induced lockdowns have pushed people into the darkness of silence. We are unable to speak as we don’t know what to say. Is true? Will it ‘do no harm’?. Storytelling has been at the heart…