Zimbabwean playwright, theatre director and arts educator Thabani H. Moyo has spent decades exploring the intersection between education and performance. Through the Centre for Talent Development (CTD), founded in 2014, Moyo has helped transform literature set-books into live theatrical experiences designed to deepen students’ understanding of the texts they study.
I have spent the past week watching the conversation around Intotal Band with a mixture of interest, amusement and, if I am being completely honest, some concern. I say that because I have been around the music business long enough to know that once a conversation moves from the industry into the public space, particularly onto social media, it can very quickly lose the nuance that the subject deserves.
If anyone ever doubted Bulawayo’s title as the undisputed cultural capital of the country, the…
