Leaving Zim
Tuesday, September 16 2008
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Leaving Zim
Chiwoniso Maraire, credit: Bugs Steffen
After months of negotiations, Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai have signed an agreement to share power in Zimbabwe. That's welcome news to musician Chiwoniso Maraire. Like most Zimbabweans, she struggled all summer with food shortages and skyrocketing prices, and the constant threat of political violence.
Even with the struggles, Chiwoniso was always proud to call Zimbabwe home. Living there kept her close to the mbira, a traditional instrument with a close connection to her spiritual life. And although she faced police intimidation over the years, she still found a way to sing about the injustices in Zimbabwe.
But earlier this summer, Chiwoniso finally had enough. She talks to Dick Gordon about why she decided to leave Zimbabwe.
- See Chiwoniso with her instrument, the mbira
- Hear Chiwoniso's new CD
fighting dogs
John Clark
When John Clark saw a woman being attacked by two pit bulls, he did what many of us would probably be too scared to do - he took on the dogs himself. John tells Dick why he jumped in and what the incident taught him.
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