In an interview with NewsDay Life & Style, DMAC executive chairperson Vimbai Chakanetsa said the event would showcase culture through song, dance and African cuisines.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur greatest challenge in Africa is a battered image from our reluctance to champion the formulation of our own narrative, choosing to rely on the wrong account formulated and propagated by other nations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe tendency of being ashamed of our own culture, taking pride in the adoption of our former colonial master\u2019s cultural identities robbed us of a rich cultural inheritance. Our culture is the glue that binds the nation together and its absence explains the chaos and moral decay we are witnessing right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chakanetsa said the event would showcase how Africans were proud of their culture, adding that it also broadened people\u2019s participation in indigenous cultural development.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe goal is to embrace and show the world that we are proud Africans not ashamed of their culture and traditions, in so doing we write our own narrative of the African culture and traditions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn so doing we defend our continent from the deliberate misrepresentation of African history, culture and identity done by other nations. Tourists visit different destinations to see and appreciate national uniqueness, not copycats of other traditions. If they want British culture, they go to Britain and not to Britain\u2019s former colonies like Zimbabwe.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DESTINY Mineral and Agricultural Consultancy Lifestyle Centre (DMAC) today hosts the Friday Cultural Day to celebrate the African narrative through culture at their office in Harare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":6480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16],"tags":[7,30,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-6483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"category-news","9":"tag-apie-project","10":"tag-culture","11":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"\n