E77 - Ngano yaPeredhunje by TafBob Mutumbi

UNESCO RIELA: The sounds of integration

This week we have an episode in a different language for you. Listen to TafBob Mutumbi, telling us a story in Shona, one of the languages spoken in Zimbabwe by around 9 million people. Tafadzwa Bob Mutumbi is an actor, Director and Theatre maker from Harare, Zimbabwe. TafBob strives to create, perform and direct provocative ritual theatre pieces that are innovative and functional. He is committed to using his craft and artistic voice to tell marginalised African narratives with the express intention of bringing about social and political transformation. A graduate of the Theory X Theatre Initiative's 3 year acting programme, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2011. And the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre's MFA programme, Blue Lake, CA, USA, 2017. He has performed in plays such as "The Convert" by Danai Gurira, "The Gospel of Othello" by Patrice Naiambana. "Broken" co created and performed with Everyone Ndlovu. He is the inaugural recipient of the Walter Mparutsa artist of excellence fellowship. His directing credits include the plays ""Ruvajena" By Virginia Jekanyika, My Father is a Goat", (devised.) The music theatre adaptation of The Merchant of Venice" (co-director with Juwon Ongungbe) "Mirror Magnet", (Devised ) "Chirorodziva", written by TafBob "Breathing Graves" (Devised) and "There is a Field" by Jen Marlowe. He has directed staged readings including "Familiar" by Danai Gurira and "Hashtag Blackgods Matter" By Sfundo Sosibo. As of 2021, he is working on a duet project exploring the world for ritual theatre for healing of racial and political trauma - IMDb Mini Biography By: Moyo