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JIBILIKA

  • ABOUTJibilika Dance Trust is dedicated to engaging, educating, and empowering young people through innovative creative programs. We aim to cultivate creativity, address social issues, and promote cultural preservation, while equipping youth with the skills and opportunities to thrive as leaders and change-makers in their communities
  • WHAT WE DO!JIBILIKA a creative network for youth empowerment, social impact, community development, and cultural exchange.
  • NewsNews about different Jibilika programs and activities.
  • programs
    • Step Up 2 HIV
    • Breakin’ Barriers
    • Skate Zimbabwe
creative academy

MEET OUR TEAM

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Plot Mhako is a creative social entrepreneur, arts journalist, festival director, and youth culture activist. As the founder of Jibilika, he brings over a decade of experience in promoting dance and youth culture while empowering the skills and voices of young people in Zimbabwe through innovative programming.

Plot is recognized as a leader in his field, having been awarded several prestigious fellowships:

  • Mandela Washington Fellowship (Young Africa Leadership Initiative – YALI) 2015
  • International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA) Fellowship 2016
  • International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) Hip Hop & Civic Engagement Fellowship 2012

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Millicent Tshuma – Manager Souther Region 

Millicent Tshuma, also known as is an SRHR advocate, activist, and hip-hop enthusiast. She volunteers within a youth-serving network, focusing on empowering young people with knowledge to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment. Currently, she serves as the Southern Region Facilitator at the Young People’s Network on Sexual Reproductive Health HIV & AIDS (YPNSRHHA) convened by the National Aids Council. Millicent holds a Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication and multiple certificates in SRHR courses. She is also a 2023 Mandela Washington Fellowship alumna.

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Tafadzwa Gambiza – Head – Youth Culture Programming 

Tafadzwa Gambiza is a digital content creator, hip hop culture enthusiast, and Projects Officer at Jibilika Dance Trust. He is pursuing a degree in Business Intelligence and holds qualifications in Management Information Systems, Digital Marketing, and Social Media Marketing. A skilled graphic designer and aspiring web designer, Tafadzwa also serves as the Operations Manager at earGROUND MEDIA, a sister company to Jibilika.

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Nyasha Gwari Projects Coordinator _ Film 

Nyasha Gwari  aka Nargee Musharuqua is a musician, poet, actor, model, film writer and aspiring movie director from Glenview 3, Harare. He started doing music in 2012 and has released some songs since then. His acting career started in 2016 and currently plays a role in a television “Estate Blues”. His afro pop music is inspired by love and relationships while his rap/ hip hop sound is is more of happy times and feeling good about one’s self. Full profile

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Nyasha Madzinga – Strictly4Girls Coordinator

Nyasha Madzinga a.k.a Noni is a Zimbabwean dancer who is passionate about dance and her brand speaks to both the young and the old. She has successfully pursued dance as a career for the past 5 years and thus earning Head Choreographer at the prestigious Military Touch Movement founded by Jah Prayzah. She is well known for her energetic and robust moves which are outstanding in her choreography and dance routines. Noni developed a peculiar style of dance over the years and has managed to maintain her own style while rising above the pressures of competing in a male-dominated industry. She was nurtured and groomed at Jibilika and has worked at the organization as a Facilitator, Dance Instructor and Dancer for the 7 years she worked full time. Full profile

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Munyaradzi Dzwekesu (Creative Assistant – Music) a.k.a DING’O DUKE is a rapper/MC hailing from Kuwadzana Phase Three, Harare. Started his career in 2013 when he was 18 and is a member of a hip hop collective called R.A.P [ Real-And-Passionate ]. His music is inspired by the townships way of life and mostly talks of the effect of peer pressure in a place highly affected by poverty, domestic violence, depression and drug abuse in his surroundings which he also addresses in his music. Full profile

Next Level Hip Hop Academy,Zimbabwe, 2024

In 2024, five Hip Hop artists traveled to Zimbabwe, as part of the Next Level program. Artist-educators Lady Beast (Dancer), Dee-1 (MC), Nick Neutronz (DJ), and Krithi (Beatmaker) joined Site Manager Aysha Upchurch to perform for audiences and collaborate with local artists to promote cross-cultural creative exchange and conflict transformation.

ABOUT NEXT LEVEL

COMMUNITY IMPACT

We are dedicated to engaging, educating, and empowering young people through innovative dance and arts programs. We aim to cultivate creativity, address social issues, and promote cultural preservation, while equipping youth with the skills and opportunities to thrive as leaders and change-makers in their communities.


JIBILIKA FESTIVAL
BREAKIN’ BARRIERS
SKATE ZIMBABWE
STEP UP 2HIV

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