Saturday 7 February 2009

Zimbabwe speaks

The era of a hero who was a zero
Must come to a sunset and death
The dome of senseless rule to deaths it led
At peak zeroes increased as value decreased
Increase our wisdom Oh God divine
Decrease the greed and inrease the care
The poor all moan and groan for life
So long the wails have risen
In you Oh mighty, Let power be seen
To shift the earth and perch in Zim
So many have gone to lions in in forests
To scrounge and scrape like never before
Yet now so norm the scatter has taught
Yet home ,so poised the spring awaits
Come home, Come home , the spirit calls
To all thus scattered around the globe
You are mine , Mother Zim affirms
Zim is mine one man once said
The truth remains Zim bore us all
Not to for one man to own all Zim
Too long you've been scorned and mocked for me
Yet now the chance , gives power to you
Make me , the Old pride that was at first
Scramble, Scramble it was back then
Exodus , Escape today most do
I need you all my people for pride
You're skilled though I 'm killed
To life bring me , You have the power
Be filled with zeal, to seal the deal
Hope filled , spirit filled, Zim filled

Michael Chipato

Michael Chipato
Media and Social Consultant

Michael delivering a paper- Journalism in a Dictatorship

Michael delivering a paper- Journalism in a Dictatorship
Michael Chipato adresses EU journalists

Tuku meets Mike in Birmingham 2008

Tuku meets Mike in Birmingham 2008
Bvuma!

Backing vocalist for Alick Macheso in Liecester with Mike

Backing vocalist for Alick Macheso in Liecester with Mike
Afrobeat at its Best!

Macheso crew in Liecester 2008

Macheso crew in Liecester 2008

Lord Mayor, Jeff and Tawanda

Lord Mayor, Jeff and Tawanda
Exhibition Official launch , Birmingham 08

Michael and Chiwoniso Maraire , an exiled musician. Now lives in the USA

Michael and Chiwoniso Maraire , an exiled musician. Now lives in the USA
Mike and Chioneso Maraire in Birmingham 08

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Michael Chipato is a social and development scientist currently living in Birmingham.Over the years issues pertaining social inequalities, dictatorship, political oppression and gender disparities have been his research focus.As an artist, journalist and academic Michael's philosophy of life is greatly influenced by Léopold Sédar Senghor (9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) ... a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who served as the first president of Senegal (1960–1980). Senghor was the first African to sit as a member of the Académie française. He was also the founder of the political party called the Senegalese Democratic Bloc. He is regarded by many as one of the most important African intellectuals of the 20th century. Senghor created the concept of Négritude, an important intellectual movement that sought to assert and to valorize what they believed to be distinctive African characteristics, values, and aesthetics..He does not condone oppression and violence in any shape or form.

Michael Chipato

Michael Chipato
Michael interviews Lord Mayor in Birmingham

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Zimbabweans hang in the balance

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