Mozambique-Zim Collabo! Watch this collaborative piece by Lorna Zita (Mozambique) and digital artist Mudiwa Kimberley Marasa (Zimbabwe). This DigiPoem explores how we can find the strength to keep going and to keep living, even when faced with dark and difficult days.
About the Artists
Lorna Zita (Poet)
Lorna Zita is a talented Mozambiquan spoken word artist who has been declared the most Influential Voice of African Women by I, Africa. She is also a proudly black artist whose powerful poem titled “African Identity”, which touches on African culture and black identity, featured in the 2020 edition of DigiPoems.
Mudiwa Marasa (Digital Artist)
Mudiwa Kimberely Marasa is a burgeoning Illustration and Animation Artist influenced and inspired by her Christian faith. Her digital art is characterized by colour, movement and the spiritual and evokes powerful emotions in those that view it. Having pursued art from a young age and with a background in traditional drawing and oil painting, Mudiwa is a passionate and skilled creator.
About DigiPoems
DigiPoems is a programme that provides digital artists and poets from the UK and Southern Africa an opportunity to co-create new art through experimental digital illustrations, animation, and poetry. DigiPoems is supported by The British Council and delivered in partnership with Comexposed, Page Poetry Alive, Writing West Midlands (UK), BBC Contains Strong Language Festival (UK) and Coventry UK City of Culture 2021 for the third Edition of DigiPoems