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 * ZIMBABWE**

=FREEDOM IN OUR LIFETIME! -= =RESISTANCE FESTIVAL!=

(FOR THE DIASPORA COMMUNITY IN JOBURG)

=SAT 09 December 2006=

We plan to hold a **RESISTANCE FESTIVAL** under the theme **Freedom in our Lifetime**! On the above stated date. The festival will be a day of edutainment for the Zimbabwean Diaspora community and others in international solidarity with the struggle for democracy and social justice in Zimbabwe. The program will bring together hard-hitting politically conscious cultural activists and artists from Zimbabwe and South Africa. The genres of artistic expression will include POETRY, REGGAE, HIP HOP, CHIMURENGA, MBIRA, MARIMBA, TRADITIONAL DANCE, and other mediums of artistic resistance.

In addition to the cultural program we are inviting Zimbabwean organisations in the Diaspora to come and showcase their work around the festival. We encourage organisations to bring material on what they do and their advocacy work to share with the Zimbabwean community attending the **Resistance** **Festival.** We anticipate that this festival will attract, in addition to seasoned activits, a lot more others from the Zimbabwean Diaspora not traditionally part of workshops and political meetings. Therefore a lot of them will benefit from information on Diaspora organisations they can join and how they can contribute to the ongoing struggle back home.

Furthermore there will be a presentation and discussion on **Towards a Plan of Liberation: The Role of the Diaspora and International Solidarity.**

The rest is more fire edutainment

A CALL FOR SUPPORT!
We extend this call for solidarity to comrades, friends and organisations that can contribute in whatever way possible to support this initiative. Our needs are as follows:


 * **ITEM** || **COST ( R )** || **STATUS** ||
 * VENUE || 1000 || SECURED ||
 * PA SYSTEM & SPEAKERS ||  || **NOT SECURED** ||
 * ARTISTS FROM ZIM || 12 000 || **NOT SECURED** ||
 * (Transport and subsistence) ||  ||   ||
 * Accommodation ZIM ARTISTS || Home stays || **NOT SECURED** ||
 * SA ARTISTS || 5 000 || **NOT SECURED** ||
 * Transport and allowances ||  ||   ||
 * Posters and Flyers || FACILITY || SECURED ||
 * FOOD* and Refreshments || 4 000 || **NOT SECURED** ||
 * Stills Digital Camera x 2 || LOAN || SECURED ||
 * Video Camera || Loan || **NOT SECURED** ||
 * Banners || 400 || **NOT SECURED** ||


 * Donations in kind (meali-meal, meat, drinks etc) are welcome
 * We are expecting up to 800 Zimbabweans to attend the Festival

1. Uhuru Network c/o Briggs Bomba on 078 1439 214, briggsbomba@yahoo.com or uhuru_network@hotmail.com
 * FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:**


 * UHURU! FREEDOM! RUSUNUNGUKO! NKULULEKO! – IN OUR LIFETIME!**