Zimbabwe: Leonard Zhakata Headlines 'One Love' Peace Festival

Posted to the web 21 July 2008 LEONARD Zhakata and other artists were yesterday expected to perform at a festival dubbed One Love Arts Festival, which calls for peace and development in Zimbabwe. Yesterday's festival is a follow up to the peace concerts held in Harare, Bulawayo and Masvingo before the presidential election run-off which called for the cessation of political violence in the country as well as the xenophobic violence in South Africa. The concert, which was expected to take place at the Harare Gardens, was organised by the Artists for Democracy in Zimbabwe Trust (ADZT). Last month ADZT and its partners held two peace festivals in Bulawayo and Harare under the theme "Artists Against Political Violence and Xenophobia". Zimbabwean artists have long been accused of not speaking out on political issues that are... [read full story]