African Cradle

22/05/2024

20/02/2024

Jude Dutiro is an award-winning filmmaker whose experience spans over 8 years. He has worked on various local and international projects. The latest works under his belt are Shaina, and Ngoda. In the industry, Jude works as a Producer, Actor, Concept creator, Script consultant and screenwriter.

16/01/2024

We back!!!

Join us as we start 2024 with a new artistic
calender presenting the best intimate creative experience in Harare.

We are excited to announce the launch of our
"Katikitiki Open Mic Tuesdays". Each Tuesday will focus on its own genre, assuring an exclusive but yet diverse open platform for all creatives.

This Tuesday we will be opening the Katikitiki Open Mic to all writers, poets, readers and misfits of literature as we will be celebrating official physical book shop launch!

Come shop,read, discuss, and enjoy all things
literature with us at The Garden in Newlands.

02/01/2024

Congratulations to Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure Carnelian Heart Publishing Ltd. Super proud of you.

26/08/2023

Bulawayo's most popular daily newspaper

14/08/2023

05/07/2023

Cape Verde or Cabo Verde (Portuguese for Green Cape), is an archipelago and island country in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of a horseshoe-shaped cluster of 10 volcanic islands (nine inhabited) and eight islets with a combined land area of about 4,033 square kilometres. The largest island, both in size and population, is Santiago, which hosts the nation's capital, Praia. These islands lie between 600 and 850 kilometres (320 and 460 nautical miles) west of Cap-Vert, the westernmost point of continental Africa. The Cape Verde islands form part of the Macaronesia ecoregion, along with the Azores, the Canary Islands, Madeira, and the Savage Isles. The islands were colonized by Portuguese explorers in the 15th century, becoming the first European settlement in the tropics. The island country is famous for its low rainfall, warm tropical winds, and many sun hours, making it an ideal sunny winter destination and a perfect place for Kite & windsurfing.

05/07/2023

Algeria's name derives from the city of Algiers which in turn derives from the Arabic al-Jazāʾir ("the islands") in reference to four small islands off its coast. Neolithic civilization (animal domestication and agriculture) developed in the Saharan and Mediterranean Maghreb perhaps as early as 11,000 BC or as late as between 6000 and 2000 BC. This life predominated in Algeria until the classical period. The mixture of peoples of North Africa coalesced eventually into a distinct native population that came to be called Berbers, who are the indigenous peoples of northern Africa. The country has a semi-arid geography, with most of the population living in the fertile north (towards the Mediterranean Sea) and the Sahara Desert dominating the geography of the south. Algeria has been the largest country in Africa since the breakup of Sudan in 2011 when South Sudan was formed.

01/07/2023

Rwanda is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. It is highly elevated, giving it the nickname "land of a thousand hills", with its geography dominated by mountains in the west and the savanna to the southeast, with numerous lakes throughout the country. The watershed between the major Congo and Nile drainage basins runs from north to south through Rwanda, with around 80% of the country's area draining into the Nile and 20% into the Congo via the Rusizi River and Lake Tanganyika. In 2019, Rwanda launched the first-ever mobile phone plant in Africa, with all components made in Africa.

01/07/2023

01/07/2023

Burundi is bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and southeast, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. It lies within the Albertine Rift montane forests, Central Zambezian miombo woodlands, and Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic ecoregions. Burundi is one of the few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, along with its neighbour Rwanda among others (such as Botswana, Lesotho, and the Kingdom of Eswatini), to be a direct territorial continuation of a pre-colonial era African state.

30/06/2023

Formerly known as Zaire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is a country in Central Africa. It was named after the Congo River, which flows through the country. The Congo River is the world's deepest river and the world's third-largest river by discharge. The DRC is the world's largest producer of cobalt ore and a major producer of copper and diamonds.

28/06/2023

Seychelles is an archipelagic state and country consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, Victoria, is 1,500 kilometres (800 nautical miles) east of mainland Africa. Nearby island countries and territories include the Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, and the French overseas departments of Mayotte and Réunion to the south; and the Maldives and the UK-administered Chagos Archipelago to the east. Its estimated population in 2020 was 100,092, making Seychelles the least populated sovereign African country.

26/06/2023

Madagascar is the world’s 4th largest island and 2nd largest island country. It is a biodiversity hotspot; over 90% of its wildlife is endemic.

25/06/2023

Super excited about this. An opportunity to learn, listen and grow.


jaji

25/06/2023

25/05/2023

Did you know?

Charlie's Kitchen zw is one of Zimbabwe's food specialists dedicated to promoting the use of Indigenous Zimbabwean ingredients in preparing delectable meals.

22/04/2023

Not forgotten; remembered with love is a 70 piece poetry anthology written by 7 poets expressing various mental health issues and the way towards relief and peace.

At some point and time we all have experienced some mental breakdown and it's perfectly okay. Dark moments are not the end of the road, there is always hope and someone to lend you an ear. The pressures of life may be daunting but never lose heart, you are not alone. In this book, everyone going through a tough time, failing to cope and drowning in misery is remembered with so much love.…

May we all find the strength to soldier on as we flip through these poetic pages.

Join us for the launch on the 29th of April at PADZIVA Camp and Caravan in Dzivarasekwa Extension. Worry not about transport, it will be provided from Harare CBD...

Grab a ticket for only $15 and you will have much more fun being enlightened on Mental Health, networking and partying...

See attached for details:-

22/04/2023

18/04/2023

Facebook asked, "What's on your mind?"

The response is

26/03/2023

A Garden Of Bodies.

The feminine flower faces the danger of having its petals removed by unwelcome visitors. These unwelcome invasions are a danger not only to the flower but to the entirety of the feminine garden. What the garden faces is an enemy that moves with stealth, an enemy that carries a deceptive tongue and is quick to revise verses while spitting poison disguised as manure.
Sometimes to be woman is to witness Adam becoming a serpent, and your safety in the garden of life becomes your only priority. "This woman you gave me" becomes a burden she carries, and she’s easily dressed with the blame. To be a woman is to be victimized, then expected to live with the shame. To be a woman is to be part of a garden where men come to spill their seeds but not stay to attend to the fruits.
The feminine garden is at risk, for its self-worth can be unlearned when all it has been taught is how to be used and abused but still stay because of the fruits she produced. The feminine garden faces a dry spell because there are no genuine hands to water it.
Despite the gardener’s efforts to change his patterns, the roots he has are deep within the soil of his soul. He was taught to never allow roses to grow. He was taught that roses are only good for you to pluck; roses are only good for you to occasionally place on the bed when you feel romantic and throw in the bin when you’re done.
Until the gardener changes the generational patterns of gardening, the feminine flowers will remain in danger of pilling up into a garden of bodies.
©Kuda Rice
"Always be a poet, even in prose."

25/03/2023

As we mentioned earlier this month, we are extending our World Poetry Day commemorations to more than just a day, just because we can. 😆 We will be doing this by celebrating poets from different African countries.

In that regard, here's Sierra Phoenix (A. B. Kamara) representing the beautiful west African country of Sierra Leone.
"Always be a poet, even in prose."

21/03/2023

"Always be a poet, even in prose."