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‘Music by Prudence’ nominated for an Oscar!
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Written by Administrator
Tuesday, 23 February 2010 15:01 |
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Entertainment
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 So incredibly exciting! A film about a Zimbabwean band has made it onto this year’s Oscar nomination list, in the ‘Best Documentary Short Subject’ category.‘Music by Prudence’ tells the story of Prudence Mabhena, the lead singer of Bulawayo band Liyana. Zimbabwean singer songwriter Prudence Mabhena, age twenty-one, was born severely disabled into
a society where disabilities carry the taint of witchcraft; she is more likely to spend her life hidden away in a tiny hut than on a stage in the center of a city. Her story is the story of many of the disabled kids of Africa, a story of abandonment and abuse. But Prudence and her seven young band members, all disabled, have managed to overcome stereotypes and inspire the same people that once saw them as a curse
:Sokwanele
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