AWA--ZIMBABWE'S-RAP-QUEEN

AWA: ZIMBABWE’S RAP QUEEN

Filed under : *IMPACT VIDEOS ART CREATIVE ACTIVISM WOMEN

Director(s): Max Thurlow
Producer(s): Roberta McCaughan

2016 | 9 min | Zimbabwe
Languages: Digital

Meet inspiring Zimbabwean rapper AWA, who comes from the troubled southern township of Makakoba, as she prepares to perform at her country’s biggest hip hop festival Shoko in the capital Harare. Despite the many challenges she’s faced, from sexual blackmail to domestic violence, she is determined to not only forge a career as a hip-hop artist but to tackle these issues in her music.