Inside the world of dance and choreography in Zimbabwe … the work of Brian Geza.

Photo by Fungai Tichavangana

Kubatana recently went Inside/Out with Brian Geza, dancer, choreographer and boozer soccer player!

What does your background experience in choreography and dance consist of?
My transformation from being a dancer to a choreographer includes moving from being a Tumbuka dancer to choreography.

Describe yourself in five words?
Sociable, fun loving and friendly.

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
Never take shortcuts in life.

What are the most important elements that somebody can get out of choreography and dance?  
Thought provoking moments that can invoke debate.

Brian, what is your major source of inspiration?
My late father and mother.

What is your most treasured possession?  
My family.

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
When my freedom of expression is blocked.

Do you have any strange hobbies?
Yes, I play boozers soccer.

What do you dislike most about your appearance?
My potbelly.

What is your greatest fear?
Fear of the unknown.

What were you like at school?
Besides being talkative I was an average student.

What are you doing next?
Keep on keeping on with my work.

It’s our war, a women’s war! And we are going to win!

These are messages for the currently ongoing protest. Stripping is now an official means of protest even in Zimbabwe. Like the recent stripping in a WOZA protest in Harare and that done by another woman in Mutare during American ambassador’s visit to the town. A group of radical feminists declared the 4 April as International Topless Jihad Day and they urged women to take the topless protest to any Tunisian embassy in their country.  Parading topless with protest messages scribbled all over their bodies these women are touching on issues to do with governance, human rights and religious and in some countries they have persecutions and arrests.

A world may be affirmed by the turn of a wing out of the corner of my eye.
- Mei-mei Berssenbrugge

Anti-rape underwear which delivers a 3,800 kilovolt shock to any would-be attacker has been created by a team of female engineering students. After disabling the assailant, the undergarment has been designed to automatically send a text message to police or family members containing the GPS location of the attempted crime. Read more here.