My Word Is My Weapon

Ndeipi!

Welcome to the Comrade Fatso blog and the website in general. This will be a space where you get to see into the words and weird ways in our mad country of Zimbabwe. I'm a poet and an activist so for me the power lies in the word, written or spoken, rapped or spat. In times of oppression the word is the most powerful thing. So I try to use my word as a weapon, a non-violent weapon in a struggle for freedom.

There is power in performance. I have performed my protest poetry in many countries around the world but last week was one of my best performances. We tore apart the Harare International Festival Arts (HIFA) with a series of spoken word sets that climaxed in an inferno of spoken word-hip hop-chimurenga-jazz fusion as we ripped the stage with my band, Chabvondoka. Harare exploded into a riotous mood. Dust everywhere. Hope in the air. The word is power.