Poet shares his poetry vision

HARARE poet Tendai “Grandmaster Mhukhanya” Shavarudzi says his vision is to inspire African pride through poetry.

In an interview with Standard Style, Shavarudzi said he wants to inspire African Pride in political, economic and cultural spheres locally and abroad.

“I’m doing this in order to initiate a global vanguard that works to alleviate the black collective’s plight," he said. Shavarudzi, who is a philosopher, hip-hop MC and pan African activist said he represents the neglected African generation.

“I represent a neglected generation that was raised during the decade of crisis and fancy myself to be one of the great African thinkers of time," he said.

“My art is my outlet for all the various emotions experienced or encounted by third world African youths.”

Mhukanya sees himself as a thinker or mind call themselves the voice of the voiceless.

“Where many consider themselves to be the voice of the voiceless I see myself to be a thinker or mind of the mentally enslaved," he said.

“After 500 years of perpetual racially charged and unjusti ed aggression from the global white hegemony that is the white supremacist or imperialist, l am one of the rst authentic voices to come out of Africa.

“In an age where African history, identity and dignity are almost none existence I view myself as one of the remaining or last beacons of light reborn to resurrect or pioneer a genuine African renaissance."

“My art can be regarded as a theater of the oppressed as l highlight the racial plight in a generation where coca colorization has sti ed many spiritually.”