THE Matobo community has been urged to take an active role in preserving Zimbabwe’s rich cultural heritage, recognising its significance in shaping national identity and promoting social cohesion.
The call was made by Matobo North traditional leader Nkulumane Masuku at a prize giving ceremony held at Matobo under Amagugu International Cultural Heritage.
“We applaud the role being played by the Amagugu organisation in empowering women to preserve our culture through providing a platform for them to be rewarded for producing artistic work which showcases our culture and heritage,” he said.
Chief Masuku said men should work together with women to preserve culture and heritage for the benefit of future generations.
Gwanda-Tshitaudze legislator Fisani Moyo said preserving culture was crucial for national development as it empowered citizens to produce products which address the environmental and social challenges facing their nation.
“We hope that such programmes done by Amagugu International Culture Heritage will be made accessible to the international community so that our culture is preserved and spread for the benefit of future generations,” he said.
Moyo said as Africans, we should embrace the African culture and stop looking down upon it as that led to its decay, hence resulting in future generations having an identity crisis.
“We have to support initiatives that help to preserve our culture and identity rather than embrace foreign cultures which leads to an identity crisis resulting in us failing to create projects which tackle our environmental and social problems thereby limiting the development of our nation,” he said.
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Matobo North legislator Edgar Moyo honoured the late historian and founder of Amagugu International Cultural Heritage, Phathisa Nyathi, for his role in its creation.
“We applaud the role played by the late historian Nyathi in the creation of Amagugu centre which preserves and spreads our culture so that we are able to know our identity,” he said.
Moyo urged traditional leaders to advocate for the preservation of dances such as amabhiza.
Amagugu board member Fisani Nkomo said the late Nyathi was very instrumental in the preservation of the African culture.
“This is the first edition without our hero Nyathi we have dedicated ourselves to continue the legacy which was left by him as he wanted to preserve our culture for the benefit of the future generation,” he said.
