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"I believe it’s important for these stories to not just be told, but celebrated"

"I’m in a space of transition, it has opened so many doors for me, and it’s more about how I take on those opportunities that are coming my way"

"My relationship with God is an important part of who I am"

"When you do something for the first time, and you get good feedback, it’s like, ‘Yes! I took a risk with this and it’s working!’ The validation has been amazing"

"It’s unfortunate that black women sometimes have to work five times as hard but that is the portion that we have been given. So, we do it with grace and excellence until the battle is won"

"I fell in love with drama and never looked back!"

"For us to tell authentic stories about women, sometimes we need those perspectives to be from women themselves."

"I believe outstanding actors have an innate ability to act, however there’s always a need to harness what you’re born with"

"One thing I value now more than ever is my privacy"

"Building a life in your own home country is important – it gives you a sense of belonging, helps you feel connected with your own people"

"there often is a lack of information and practical advice for artists in the sector"

"I would like to encourage all the women out there to continue to discover who they are"

"in terms of representation, definitely there is a bit of progress in terms of inclusivity"

"I would love to see authentic stories coming from Africa to international platforms, and I want to be part of those stories"

"I fell in love with it and to fall in love with such a craft, I think on African soil is so special because it just basically means I was learning mostly African stories, African ways of thinking, social issues within my own local community, within southern Africa and Africa as a whole and that was very special to me"

"in Africa there is still more room for major improvement, but there are opportunities now for women to take up space"

"you have to believe in yourself and to believe in your dream and you have to work hard"

"don’t forget to take time to take care of yourself, to discover who you are, what you want in life and to live life to the fullest."

"Ultimately what we need are stories that will shape who we are today and who we are becoming"

"Growth comes with its challenges and if you’re determined to remain an authentic, loving and giving person you do need to protect your inner space from opportunists and ill-intentioned people"

"But love is a universal theme, as is pursuing your dreams and overcoming life’s struggles"

"I think the film serves as a love letter to anyone who is struggling in Zimbabwe right now"

"What drives my passion for creative arts is my belief that through arts, we can help people to imagine the future."

"the vision is to see a functioning creative economy in Zimbabwe"

"There are Zimbabweans, locally and in the diaspora, doing inspirational work. They deserve to have their stories told by us"

"There are so many Zimbabwean stories that remain untold"

"Don’t be afraid to dream big"

"To tell stories that shape our perceptions and image as Africans, who we are as people, stories that inspire us to be better and who we’re meant to be. That’s what I’m looking forward to"

"We are very grateful to God for the reception that people have been giving on this album. The sound is different, the sound is new"

"If you look at someone like Takesure Zamar, who speaks about seven languages and he brings that to the table, we have Evelyn coming from Kenya, she carries that to the table and it becomes a mixture that will cater for every member in the body of Christ"

"As artists we have a voice that speaks to people and we pass on different messages"

"We are always working with different themes, our sound has always been different from what you see on the general gospel scene, it is a mixture of both the young and the old, the energetic and the calm, a mixture of different languages and different backgrounds"

"Well, in our previous events we did not feature other artistes and it is always good to bring diversity and colour to every event and these artistes are some of my friends, so as I celebrate 10 years of recording gospel music, I thought it will be a good thing to have an inclusive event, where we just come to celebrate together"

"I loved the fact that we got to have a full house in Coventry and fans were happy to meet me for the first time"

"I am glad that I got to spread my message of love and spirituality through my music"

"I started in circular music doing Urban Grooves for some time when I was a bit younger and it was a good learning curve"

"We bagged more than three awards in music categories. It shows how much our music is being appreciated out there and it’s positively impacting peoples"

"We believe that worship and spiritual growth are interconnected with physical well-being. As such, the festival is not just a spiritual event but also a movement towards caring for our community’s physical health — creating a space where faith, health, and community come together in unity"

"I am very excited to be leading gospel music lovers into intense worship and deep praise experience as we will be celebrating life and thanking God for his love and kindness throughout this year"

"It’s been a year which boosted ‘Getting Personal With God 3’ in a mighty way and we have been made to dominate new territories and God expanded us"

"It is taken from Psalm 23, ‘Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.’ That’s a message of encouragement"

"It was a whole new experience and I got to learn a lot"

"I am ever smiling. I don’t know anything else, but to smile since l was a baby"

"And this thing about drugs is a big problem that will drive crime, prostitution rates to go up, the Zimbabwe as we know it is going to change because of these drugs"

"A lot of young people in Zimbabwe right now are doing drugs because of the state of the nation, the joblessness, the hopelessness, so people end up taking them to try pacify the emotions, to try pacify the dreams, to try pacify what they are going through, others turn to religion, others turn to alcohol and drugs"

"I also was given a scripture, 1Kings 18:41-46, when Prophet Elijah said I hear the sound of abundance rain"

"It isn’t a problem that we can sweep under the carpet, not at all. The problem with drug-related crimes is that it is very violent. It is actually something that requires the government and Zimbabweans to get involved, before it becomes a major problem. Poverty is also driving people to sell drugs and the war against it will be tougher"

"We are losing a whole generation to drugs and these people will turn into criminals and Zimbabwe won’t be safe. In a few years it will be unsafe to be in Zimbabwe. We can’t sit around and look at this unfolding like a story. We are the generation that had the opportunity and it is up to us to help these ones who we left behind who have nothing"

"Zimbabweans are just a broken people; we have become an individualistic society like the first world. So, they replaced those things that we had in our culture, as ubuntu, with professional bodies. What we do as mental health is what we would have done with our grandmother’s aunts and uncles"

"We were more emotionally stable when we had the community spirit. That community spirit because of migration and all is no longer there. So, this trauma that happened to this young girl, had it been 20 years ago, we would not have been looking at mental health interventions. There were aunts, grandmothers and others in the extended family who would have stepped in, but these people aren’t there anymore"