Mbizo Chirasha

Mbizo Chirasha is a widely-known poet-activist and performance artist from Zimbabwe, currently living in exile in South Africa. He has curated or initiated many literary projects such as Girl Child Talent Festival, Girl Child Creativity Project, Brave Voices Poetry Journal, Miombo Publishing, the Zimbabwe We Want Poetry Campaign, and Womawords Literary Press. He is the 2019 Poet-in- Residence at the Fictional Café and the 2019 African Fellow for the International Human Rights Art Festival ...See more

Mbizo Chirasha is a widely-known poet-activist and performance artist from Zimbabwe, currently living in exile in South Africa. He has curated or initiated many literary projects such as Girl Child Talent Festival, Girl Child Creativity Project, Brave Voices Poetry Journal, Miombo Publishing, the Zimbabwe We Want Poetry Campaign, and Womawords Literary Press. He is the 2019 Poet-in- Residence at the Fictional Café and the 2019 African Fellow for the International Human Rights Art Festival (ihraf.org). Mbizo has been visiting artists in Sweden, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania, and beyond. His experimental poetry collection, A Letter to the President, was published in 2019. See less