Music Dancing Across Borders

Come celebrate the power of African music and dance to bring people together in a full three
and a half days of Zimbabwean-inflected music, dance, song, culture and fun!

The 2023 Zimbabwean Music Festival is an
“everyone-can-participate” festival and offers three days of workshops for youth and adults alike.
Activities include 15 hours of free afternoon concerts, an African Marketplace and evening
concerts by donation, all in the expansive green space of OSU’s lower campus. Valuing
education as well as performance, Zimfest attracts Zimbabwean music and culture experts from
around the world. Workshops are available on everything from basic drumming to traditional
Shona and Ndebele dance to the ancient sounds of mbira and the irresistible, effervescent
marimba.

Featured Zimbabwean Performers:
• AfroFusion and Afro-Traditional vocalist Tsungai Tsikirai from Zimbabwe via UK
• Three masters of Shona mbira: Mudavanhu Magaya, Moyo Mutamba and Joyce
Warikandwa
• Multi-talented percussionist and instrument maker Othnell Mangoma Moyo
• Guitar virtuoso Zivanai Masango with ZiMBiRA AfroFusion Band

Please note that possession of alcohol or use of tobacco products is prohibited.