Women From Zimbabwe

"There will be more music! As a label we’ve been away for a while, so I’d like to do more digging around and unearthing gems like I used to do. I would also like the work of Bae Electronica to be multiplied on the continent of Africa, and for more women to do what we do"

"My first single from my upcoming EP is locked and loaded, and there's an exciting opportunity for you to remix it."

"Being a visionary woman means feeling the fear and doing it anyway,”"

"“She thought football was like soccer,” Edelstein said to “Philadelphia Daily News” after Diana passed away in 1997. “She asked, ‘What are your colors?’ I said, ‘Green and silver.’ She said, ‘Those are my favorite colors.’“"

"I paint people because figuration is a better vehicle for my ideas and is more accessible to the viewer, especially in Zimbabwe. I use my art to re-create the world on my own terms; taboos become exposed and the hidden is given prominence. In my work, women are more than just powerless beasts of burden and the male body becomes objectified for the delight of the voyeur. In this world there is no black and white but it is full of everything in between'"

"Teresa Moodie. im a fun loving hard working mom of a teenager."

"Speaking on her new role as JET’s CEO Dr. Rodriguez-Moodie explained, “Growing up I always had a deep passion for the environment and its sustainability. As the activist Wangari Maathai once said – if we cannot sustain the environment, we cannot sustain ourselves. I have always admired JET’s work, and it is an honour to now be leading this amazing organization. I have a vision of a clean and healthy Jamaican environment, and I am looking forward to working with JET’s staff, membership, and other stakeholders to achieve that. We intend to continue to build greater awareness and understanding, so others will be as concerned as we are, we need all hands on deck."

"Ihave a lot of respect for Lewis Hamilton. He is standing up against racism and helping to get across an important message within an environment where he could easily step back, keep quiet and follow the status-quo. Stormzy has donated £500,000 to fund educational scholarships for students from disadvantaged backgrounds and will provide £10m to black British causes over the next ten years. Again, it's not just about the amount of money, but the fact that he is choosing to use his platform for sustainable change that makes this inspiring."

"It is my life’s work as a wellness coach, yoga instructor and personal trainer to inspire those who work with me to realise their best self ever."

"My passion is to find a balance between living a full productive, healthy life as a woman, as a wife and as a friend. It is my mission to help you do the same."

"I take influence from their ambition! Athletics is a sport in which you have to stand up for yourself with conviction in your actions regardless of what others around you are doing. That passion for being and doing better is highly influential and carries over into my daily 9-5 work too."

"I happy to say that I am a part of England Netball under17."

"The notion of discovery is very important to hold on to. Sometimes we think we know who we are or what an idea is; or we are debilitated by what it isn't or what we aren't. But by remaining in a space of discovery you'll be open to experiment, to ask for help, to throw things out and receive the unknown, to collaborate with other practitioners and to put yourself forward for opportunities. You'll be scared, but still do it and discover what comes."

"University is going to be brilliant! It will provide opportunities and experiences you couldn't have imagined. Use your time wisely and make the most of what you can get while you still can."

"This month, the spin off anime Castlevania: Nocturne premiered on Netflix. I am one of the screenwriters on the series."

"It builds confidence when you see someone else coming from your background who was in a similar position to you achieving in their given field. It's vital that we all have something to aspire to! Sometimes you need to see it to believe it."

"The performance of my final project, HOME HAS DIED was my favourite memory. The project was a tribute to family members who had passed away. It touched on migration, disconnection, grief and healing. It was my first ever solo show. My mum joined me on stage. She played the drum and sang."

"I've had many proud moments over the years. When I was 17, I represented the UK with Leeds Young Authors at Brave New Voices International Poetry Slam in New York."

"Where possible, I took part in various development programmes and workshops. These helped me move through various mediums and build networks over the years. As a result of my industry experience, I'd be invited to lead workshops for arts organisations, theatres, schools and universities. I built a teaching portfolio while simultaneously continuing to do my vocation. When the position at MMU came up, it welcomed applicants who had industry experience where a PhD was missing. I knew I was qualified for the job."

"In 2014, my first play BOI BOI IS DEAD won the Channel 4 Playwrights Scheme and was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize."

"The course introduced me to new performance principles and techniques. It gave me an appreciation for performance art. However, it crucially highlighted that as much as I enjoyed performing work, writing was where I thrived more. Researching and creating scripts is a genuine passion."

"At the time when I did my course it was attached to a Theatre Studies Foundation Degree at Leeds College. I needed to do a top up year to get a BA. The previous course has been more traditional theatre and the year at Beckett introduced me to performance art."

"I recently became a Lecturer in Scriptwriting at Manchester Metropolitan University. Previously, I worked at the University of Manchester (Drama), Warwick University (Poetry) and guest lectured at Leeds Beckett (Performance). My teaching is attached to my work as a poet, screenwriter, playwright, dramaturg and director. I have been working as a freelancer for 15 years. I have performed poetry and competed in international poetry slams. My theatre work has been produced across the UK, France, Germany, South Africa, Zimbabwe and USA. I have made short films and produced radio plays. I have purposely worked on multidisciplinary projects to challenge myself as a writer and grow my skills."

"My plays are published by Bloomsbury. My first narrative short, THE ANCESTORS premiered at the Pan African Film Festival in LA in February 2023."

"I think with 'role models' it's key to understand that you don't have to be just like them to be great. Underestimating the worth of being the best version of yourself and taking the qualities you possess for granted are big mistakes!"

"She belonged to a generation of artists who transcended boundaries in art and politics long before we coined the concept of globalisation."

"Her music will leave on, and we will never forget her meticulous fashion sense. Because clothing is armour and makes important statements too."

"She was the living library of music and an iconic legend with vast experience."

"A response to the daily experience of being harassed, grabbed and catcalled at in public."

"The way of my singing is message. You send a message: It’s love, it’s sadness, it’s everything."

"They want to know how someone like me, who hasn’t studied music, can understand it so well."

"Her music uplifted the spirit of millions across the world."

"I didn’t plan to be a singer, singing planned to be in me."

"Home is a myth and, at some point, I had to accept that. I have lived in so many places and I have just learned to accept that you belong where you are."

"People in music want you to play small so you can make them feel better. That’s why you see so many bands break up no matter how talented they are."

"I’ve been fighting not for a particular area — I’ve been fighting for South Africa, I’ve been fighting for Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Congo and all these places. So I feel I don’t belong to one place."

"I didn’t understand why I should be barred from that restaurant or being with that person."

"I wasn’t meant to live this long,I was a sickly baby but look at me, living and beautiful. That’s a blessing."

"I’m a child of every part of this continent."

"The sky is the limit. Don’t allow issues of gender and culture to inhibit your dreams. You can be all you want with hard work and self-belief"

"It is from him that I inherited the spirit of hard work that has and continues to inspire me."

"I feel highly honoured and favoured by the nation and also by Almighty God.I feel blessed. I think God has granted me a long life to reach up to this age and being honoured as a hero in my lifetime"

"The boys didn’t accept that I was top of the class. They used to say, you’ve got a male brain. You are a woman, you shouldn’t be top of the class. But I topped the class from grade one up to grade standard six. And then in secondary, I was also top of the class. So there was that challenge of competition with the boys. And my father used to work at the mission as a gardener. So he used to come home and tell us, the visitors that came to the mission, he told us about Herbert Chitepo, the first black lawyer in Zimbabwe"

"And you know that people who are power hungry, who want to maintain this hold on power, can do anything to make sure that the independent voice is muzzled."

"It is very essential for journalists to expose corruption, mismanagement of the economy, violation of human rights and related issues."

"I never thought I would be a journalist in my life. When I was growing up, in high school, my father was very, very tough on me. I was very bad in mathematics."

"One day he told us about a couple, a white couple. The husband was a veterinary surgeon and the wife was a medical doctor. And I really wanted to be that doctor. There was a flame in my heart that I wanted to be a female doctor. And from there, I was just aiming at working towards being a medical doctor. And in Form 1, when the teachers asked what we wanted to do after school, most people said teachers, clerks, police officers, governors, secretaries. Then when it was my turn, I said I wanted to be a medical doctor. And they all laughed. Especially the boys said, what? Because there were no female doctors, only black ones. And my headmaster then said, yes, Madeline, you can become a doctor"

"Certainly I will go back to my country. I don't think that I will be able to survive in the Diaspora. My life is in Zimbabwe."

"I am from a background of women who are activists"

"Some were chiefs. My grandmother was a chief’s wife who influenced the chief in good governance. I had an aunt born in Bulawayo who married a foreigner in 1936. She started the burial societies. My paternal men were moneymakers, my maternal men were chiefs. I have always done things in my own way, since primary school"