Mbizo Chirasha

Mbizo Chirasha is an acclaimed wordsmith ,performances poet ,widely published poet and writer. He is the Founder and Creative Director of several creative initiatives and projects [ Young writers Caravan Project 2003 - current],This is Africa Poetry Night 2006 - 2008, Zimbabwe Amateur Poetry conference 2007 - 2010 , African Drums Poetry Festival 2007, GirlChildCreativity Project 2011- Current, GirlchildTalent Festival 2012.Zimbabwe ,Nigeria Literary Exchange project 2012,100 Thousand Poets for Change Zimbabwe Coordinator, Women Scream International Poetry Festival Zimbabwean Coordinator/Consultant.


The widely traveled poet and creative projects consultant is widely published in more than 60 journals, anthologies, websites , reviews, newspapers , blogs and poetry collections around the world. Some of the countries he traveled include Ghana, Sweden , Egypt, Tanzania, South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Malawi.


The poet have done a number of official NGO creative interventions and consultancy programmes with Social Family Health [Namibia 2009 - 2010] on a HIV/Aids Documentary Project, Catholic Relief Services Zimbabwe 2006 on a HIV/Aids Nutrition Project, Swedish Cooperative Centre 2006 on Arts against Drought[Zimbabwe].


Mbizo provide interventions, Speaker series and creativity lectures in youth, diplomatic, literal, cultural and artistic communities and widely profiled in local, international and regional newspapers, broadcasts and websites.


His writings are published in Canada, Germany, Norway, South Africa, Turkey, Ghana, Kenya ,Namibia ,Zimbabwe America, India,Wales America, London, Nigeria and other countries. He co-authored Whispering woes of Ganges and Zambezi with Sweta Vikram from New York, 2010,his poetry collection Good Morning President was published by Diaspora publishers UK ,2011.


In 2001- 2003 Mbizo was the Membership Drive officer for Budding writers Association of Zimbabwe. In 2000 was Outreach Agent for Zimbabwe Book Development Council, Delegate of Zimbabwe international Book fair to Goteborg international book fair /Sweden in 2003,Delegate of Zebra publishing House, Namibia to Unesco Photo Novel Writing Project in Tanzania 2009,Poet in Residence of International Conference of African Culture Development in Ghana 2009,Producer/Coordinator of I am the Artist project ,an Artist in Residence program by Zimbabwe Germany Society /Goethe Zentrum.


He holds Writing Skills and Editorial Expertise certificates courtesy of BWAZ/SAIH-Norway. Mbizo works as a poet/writer in residency, Readership and literacy culture development Advocate, Media Relations Strategist, Live Literature Producer and Creative Projects Consultant.