I was born in Harare on the 11th June, 1981 to a Malawian father and a Zimbabwean mother. I grew up in this city and did not live anywhere else until I was 18. After an 11 year absence living abroad I have returned to live in Harare once again, though time and space has greatly altered us. From the 13th Floor of Joina City last week I looked out over my city of birth and for a moment we both went back to a time before now and in that moment we reconnected and I really felt like I was home...
The images in this collection entitle, 'Harare...City of Hope' were taken in that moment... I hope you will fall in love with Harare through them as I did all over again last week.
The collection below depicts a surprise collaboration between Big Brother Amplified's Vimbai Mutinhiri and Bisma Ahmed of B'zma Designs at Zimbabwe Fashion Week, 2011. Vimbai, a seasoned model walked the catwalk deliberately and commanded the room in one of Bisma's beautiful creations on the closing night of Fashion week.