Welcome to the official Intwasa Arts Festival website

Welcome to Intwasa Arts Festival

INTWASA 2012 Report

INTWASA is one of Zimbabwe’s premiere arts gatherings. Starting of as a community
initiative the multi-discipline arts festival has grown to become a leading international
arts festival celebrating human diversity and creativity. To date Intwasa has hosted
regional and international artistes from Botswana, Swaziland, South Africa, United
States of America, UK, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Belgium, Wales and
Zambia.

The HEART of the festival remains community development and collaborations while
its VISION is mass celebration of human creativity

The 2012 edition was arguably the
most colourful and successful of
all the eight Intwasa editions so
far – hosting 48 of its intended
50 events without any major
glitches.

The media, both print and electronic,
responded very well to the festival,
covering it on a weekly basis.

Artists of all diciplines are invited to take part in the up
coming 2013 Intwasa festival. Artists can register by
downloading our application form and hand it in at
our offices or via e-mail.

Intwasa Short Story Competition

The Intwasa Short Story Competition was inaugurated
in the first year of the festival and is an annual literary
event seeking to promote original creative writing talent
in English. In 2011 the award for the winner was named
the Yvonne Vera Award,after the late Dr. Yvonne Vera,
and carries a $500 cash prize

SHORT STORIES CAN BE SUBMITTED BETWEEN
JANUARY –JUNE 2013. WINNER TO BE
ANNOUNCED DURING
INTWASA ARTS FESTIVAL KOBULAWAYO

1.The festival is an annual one-week event held during the month of September in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
2.Intwasais a Ndebele word meaning spring.
3.Intwasa festival is multi – disciplinary and sensitive to all arts genres.
4.The Chibuku Stage is the festival’s biggest open air stage.
5.A third of the festival performances are free
6.The festival seeks to promote diversity, human creativity and African aesthetics.
7.The festival is held in 7 venues around the city of Bulawayo.
8.The festival, in partnership with Plan Zimbabwe, runs one of the biggest High Schools Drama competitions in Zimbabwe
9.The festival’s Craft Fair hosts a minimum of 100 exhibitors from different parts of the country.
10.The festival is run as a Trust..