Photo journalists remember Children of Africa

The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) in collaboration with the National Gallery of Zimbabwe will on 16 June present a collection of photographs to commemorate the International Day of the African Child.

The children of Zimbabwe will feature in a new exhibition by ZUJ at the National Gallery to open on June 16.
The children of Zimbabwe will feature in a new exhibition by ZUJ at the National Gallery to open on June 16.

More than 60 photographs of Zimbabwean children by local photojournalists who include Maxwell Sibanda, Tsvangirai Mukwazhi, Anne Mpalume and Bethule Nkiwane will be on show for a month.

"This is a grouping of photojournalists whom we decided to give an opportunity together with the NGZ to showcase their work

and in this particular exhibition it is the image of the African Child," said Chaka Bosha, ZUJ national coordinator.

Bosha added that the exhibition's programme would be dominated by children who will give narratives and poems. Maxwell Sibanda, who will contribute three quarters of the photographs, said it was an honour to put up the exhibition. "Every day we are surrounded by children engaged in various activities and as photojournalists we have managed to compile some of the most telling photographs. Photography is all about art and I am glad that this collection will be a milestone in the development of local photography," he said.

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