Majikville Mag Issue 12

ISSUE 12

ON TOP: FITNESS ADDICT

CHEVAUN

++ ALBINISM SPECIAL

A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM TUNDE

FASHION SPECIALS

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Here we are again. This issue carries more stories, more profiles. We are extremely proud to bring you an insight of Albinism as we tell it throught the life of one beautiful and talented Anashe Murombedzi. We are even more thrilled to publish the story of Chevaun, a fitness fanatic. As usual our Guts and Gear this time surprises fans.

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THE TEAM

Monalisa Tsuro

FITNESS FANATIC CHEVAUN She became a fitness fanatic after fighting off depression. Read all about it.

OVERCOMING ALBINISM

ISSUE 12 MODEL

MEET TUNDE

Anashe shares her life story and fights

Get the full info about the superstar

albinism stigma.

as she consoles Cyclone Idai victims.

pg 8 LOVE CULTURE LAUNCHED!

One of our models of this issue.

Profiles ...................................... Pg 27 Poetry with Ellen.......................... Pg 31 Fashion with House of Hohwa..... Pg 30

Squeezy S t u d i o Re c o rd i n g A r t i s t SQUEEZY was born on 12 September as mathias Banda jr i n L u s a k a . Pro f e s s i o n a l l y k n o w n i n m u s i c a s S Q U E E Z Y. H e i s t h e t h i rd m a l e c h i l d o f t h e t h re e m a l e s a n d n u m b e r 6 in a family of seven. He is a m a r ke t i n g d e g re e s t u d e n t a t University of Lusaka (UNLIU S ) s t u d y i n g i n h a s 3 rd y e a r.

He is a positive self motivated a n d f u l l o f c re a t i v i t y i n l i f e .

He is a skilful Zambian stor y t e l l e r R a p p e r, S o n g w r i t e r a n d is a skilful Zambian stor y t e l l e r R a p p e r, S o n g w r i t e r a n d f a s h i o n d e s i g n e r. T h e f o u n d and CEO of ploygons and pyramids a movement for urban c re a t i v e y o u n g p e o p l e w i t h , h y p e o f c re a t i v i t y i n e n t e r t a i n ment, fashion and music.

Started his music way back in high school 2011 at munali he

w a s p a r t o f t h e g ro u p c a l l e d M S Y G w e re h i s u n i q u e r a p lines made him believe in his ability to communicating with music. It was in Lusaka at munali in Grade 11 that squeezy's passion for music found an early outlet when he j o i n e d M S Y G H e f e a t u re d o n 4 tracks on the mixtape which w a s re l e a s e d i n 2 0 1 2 o n l i n e re l e a s e . H i s f i r s t s o l o s i n g l e was in 2014 a song called feeli n g w h i c h f e a t u re d T h a g e n i u s .

H e a l s o f e a t u re d o n a t r a c k i n 2018 for tha genius titled: " Pa t i e n t " t h a t f e a t u re d t h e l i ke s o f c h i k a B a d m a n , j a c k B o y a n d ke v i n k a y a n y o n l i n e re l e a s e . I n 2 0 1 8 h e re c o rd e d his massive jam Monday 2 Fr i d a y ( M 2 F ) a s o n g re l e a s e d on SoundCloud and you can find the song on the following online music and download

websites All african hit, l love zed music, jilt boy music, zed rum and Zeds coop.

M2F Monday 2 Fr i d a y i s re c e i v i n g good air play on r a d i o, p a n A f r i c a r a d i o, H o n F M a n d Beats FM. M2F w h i c h w a s p ro duced by eazy onfa " E a z y T h e p ro d u c e r " f ro m A S H BY ' S ROOM the pioneer o f Tr a p u n d u l a music. This year 2019 SQUEEZY has finished re c o rd i n g S i m p l e government worker(SWG) not yet re l e a s e d . A n u m b e r o f p ro j e c t s a re i n the making this y e a r " Re f l e c t i o n squeezy X stevo" " Fo c u s l u t i n a X squeezy both songs w i l l b e p ro d u c e d

by DJ MZENGA M A N f ro m M .

Beats Generation music Ltd. His music speaks to those who love to h e a r a R a p p e r. H i s music speaks to those who love to hear a Rapper tell a stor y in his t r a c k s b e i t re a l i t y t h e h e re a n d n o w.

T h e c re a t i v e m i n d

rh y t h m s a n d r a p bars of squeezys m u s i c , h e m a ke s them follow and sounds good by delivering them in English and nsenga. He is a 16 b a r s r a p p e r a c re a t i v e f a s h i o n t re n d setter and designer for polygons and pyramids. His lyrical content is d r a w n f ro m re a l l i f e i s s u e s . Wi t h the support and m o t i v a t i o n f ro m h i s b ro t h e r w h o has played a bigger ro l l 2 0 1 9 i s t h e year you will hear m o re m u s i c f ro m this young fast r i s i n g r a p p e r. h e i s unique in the game that is SQUEEZY Almost_matthias t h e r a p p e r. We w o u l d l o v e t o t a ke this moment to thank the fans and DJ SONY Zambia for believing in g o o d m u s i c f ro m fast rising artists a n d m a k i n g s u re t h e p ro m o t i o n o f the track monday 2 Fr i d a y ( M 2 F ) re a c h e s t h e e a r s o f many fans.

God Bless you with long life DJ sony Zambia.

PROFILE

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Chevaun Kepekepe Meet Chevaun Kepekepe, an 18 year old fitness fanatic.

I began my fitness journey about 2 years back.

I was suffering from bulimia, anxiety and depression. Bullimia is an eating disorder where I'd eat just to throw up. All because I had an idea in my head of how the perfect woman should look like. A skinny face, a small waste and a thigh gap. In the world we live in today, it's very hard to be yourself and love yourself. We are given so many perceptions of how we must be and we often forget who we are.

In my last three years of high school I had fell into this big dark hole.

I had no idea what was happening nor why. If you asked me to describe it in one sentence, I'd say 'someone came with a huge heavy pebble, and dropped it

right on top of my head', literally. Suddenly, school became difficult, socialising was rough and I was slowly losing myself. I was cutting out friends, failing at school, missing classes, writing forged notes just to get out of school so I could come back to my bed. I had hit rock bottom, everything I want to go right, would just go wrong. I knew, if something didn't change, I wouldn't be here today.

It felt like this dark storm was never going to pass. But one day, something came and told me to go to the gym. All I knew were the four walls of my bedroom, my comfort zone. But that day, I still don't know what it was but I was given the strength And so I did.

My older brother Colin, (23) is a fitness enthusiast, so growing up he always inspired me.

I knew I had nothing to lose, but everything to gain. It was my way out. Day after day, session after session my life drastically turned back to normal and even better. I was so comfortable in my own skin again. So in love with the person I was becoming. I had goals.

My smile was different, this time it was not fake.

at the moment.

It just goes to show, you can overcome anything. And storms don't last forever. As humans we need to trust the process. We are all so capable of so much more than we think.

Capable of moving mountains. Capable of making a difference.

And most importantly being able to love and be yourself.

I started my instragram page, where I'd post my fitness posts. I received a crazy amount of love and my page grew very quickly. People were inspired by me and that was honestly the most amazing feeling in the world. Knowing you are making a difference in someone's life is a feeling Ill never be able to describe.

Whether it be fitness or music, you need to find a passion to and just go for it. Expect the unexpected and take it step by step, each day. Life works in miraculous ways. Where you are now, how you feel now is all part of your journey, a better you is coming. But it all starts with you and your mindset.

I've had so many opportunities, travelling around the world ( South Africa, Netherlands, Ireland, United Kingdom), doing shoots and working with amazing companies. It has also led me into the modelling industry.

And to my ladies, be that powerful, independent strong woman.

You are beautiful.

I am currently working on different business opportunities and brands. I am in London

Instragram - chevaunkepekepe Email - chevaunkepekepe123@gmail.com Snapchat - chevaun01

FASHION

FA S H I O N

W I T H

House of HOHWA Talk about exciting African fashion sense. We have some of the most fascinating designs from House of Hohwa as they celebrate their 5 year Anniversary with a host of Installations, a tour in selected cities of South Africa.

The first of such was done in Johannesburg which is the heart of fashion, art and film.

House of Hohwa collaborated with Mandla Mavengere an

artist who is known for his unique pieces of art that speak African Culture. A host of celebrities like Sibu Jili and Didie Makobane graced the event.

Music and Film were also the centre of this event as House of Hohwa gave its followers an experience like no other!

Follow them on facebook and you may as well purchase your own outfit.

FASHION

PROFILE

Z A M B I A ’ S

F I N E S T

DJSONY Gift Andeleki aka Dj Sony is a Zambian male, Music promoter, Artist Manager, Blogger, Radio/club Dj and CEO/Publisher at ilovezedmusic.Com, allafricanhits.Com & @Silverline records.

He was born on the 4th of April,1994.

He started his career when he was 17years of age, he played for ama radio under the Ama Fan cub. Since then he developed great passion and desire to pursue his djing career. He has been promoting Zambian artists like Macky 2, T bwoy, Jay 10, Yo Maps and many others. He is the first born in a family of 6, which are 3 girls and 3 boys. He did his primary and high school at Materoboys School in Zambia.

Follow him on twitter, Instagram or Facebook. @Dj_Sony Zambia..

PROFILE

Maritawana Dhliwayo

The Break Up

by Maritawana Dhliwayo ‘Pose for the camera now; flick-flick! Pose for the camera now; flick-flick!’ Beyonce’s B’day played in my head as I flashed the camera my seductive smile whilst listening attentively to the photographer’s instructions. I wore nothing but a small sheet of Egyptian cotton and charcoal-coloured lipstick but the lewd gazes I received from the male models standing around the studio, made me feel quite uncomfortable.

Jabu the photographer was adjusting his camera’s lens to take a few more shots and I quickly pulled the sheet higher up from my chest so that my breasts wouldn’t end up exposed to everyone in the room. Little did I know that this magazine photoshoot would transform into a gossip tabloid for people to devour on whilst they rusted their breakfasts the next morning. It was then that Danai rushed into the studio with an expression of anger and bewilderment on her face. The slap she gave me felt like a frigid piece of ice had infiltrated my skin. She threw a bunch of photographs in my face and enounced calmly, “Out of all the people…..you? You? You of all people?”

You know those popular lyrical words, ‘my heart is beating like a drum’? That’s exactly what my heart was doing in that moment. She knows. I grabbed one of the photographs whilst everyone else chattered excitedly; wondering what was going on.

The photographs were black and white envisions of Morgan and I. There was one

where we were entering my apartment and one displayed us sharing a kiss passionately in his Range Rover. “Answer me dammit!” Danai exclaimed. I don’t know if it was just me but I think I had just caught a glimpse of a few models recording Danai and I. “Um dear, let’s go elsewhere and talk. Please. It’s not what you think,” I explained softly. “No let’s talk right here, right now so everyone can know the manipulative, heartless bitch you are!” she stated, loud enough for the whole room to hear her. I made an attempt to calm her down but she wouldn’t allow it. Instead, she turned around facing my colleagues and told them the whole story diary.

I must say, Danai is such a talented narrator. She didn’t leave out a single detail.

Even the part where her private investigator took shots of us banging at the back of his Mercedes GLA suv. I pleaded to her.

“Danai please, you don’t have to go to this”- she interrupted me abruptly. “Shut up! So, ladies and gentlemen, this the so called sweet Danai you adore so much,” she turned to me again and said quickly, “I want you outta here now. Grab all your stuff and never ever show your face at this company again.” And oh boy was she dead serious. She immediately strolled out of the studio before I could even try and convince her to not fire me. After all, we were in a huge recession at the time.

This time everyone’s gaze was on me the same time I was having my photos taken

including the female models. Yet they were gazes of shock and disgust. I didn’t know what to say or do. I stood still as if I was the statue of liberty and then the sheet just fell off my body. It’s funny though. I thought Jabu was rushing over to cover me up before they took snaps and posted them on Twitter. But nah, this world is full of shitty people. Rather, he hurried over to seize the photographs and a few others joined him to see what Danai was talking about. Wanna know how I felt? Don’t even ask.

I just walked away as my colleagues continued to take pictures of my body before I covered it up with a snow white dressing gown. I was slowly making my way to the dressing gown and ignoring someone calling my name until my eyes were on Felix. He had obviously seen and understood everything but instead of being disgusted, he appeared sympathetic with that ‘I told you’ look written all over his face. He was walking over to me but I left before he could utter a single word.

I closed and locked the door to the changing room behind me and strolled to my personal dressing table. I took out the pregnancy test with two lines clearly shown in black and white. Not only had I lost my best friend and a confidante, I had lost a sister. Why didn’t I just tell her myself?

Meet Talk of Hot Femcees and leave out Marian Mubochwa better known as Melmery on the stage would be an unforgiveable crime. Though she is a star in the making, she has managed to penetrate into the ever vicious, competitive music industry with her three tracks titled ‘Maybe. Hatina Musha and Ukungazi’ featuring Trissty.

She was born on the 17th of September 1997 and started her musical journey in 2017.

“My parents and the society

are my biggest inspiration coz I produce after an experience or saw somethng in the streets.

In the next 5 years I see my music being embraced and changing the society coz that is the goal why I rap in the first place. My songs are motivational and encouraging”.

Follow her journey by subscribing to her facebook page and instagram account.

PROFILE

THE SOUL OF AN ARTIST

TUNDE Tunde - the soul of an artist, whose songs portray meaningful topics, while at the same time invite you to dance to fresh rhythms and pop sounds with elements of dance music and contemporary sounds of trap and dancehall. Tunde invites listeners and viewers to a journey into everlasting love!

At the end of 2017, Tunde rediscovers a passion that she had left behind for the past few years: writing lyrics and composing her own songs. It was at that moment that she made the decision to start 2018 with a new resolution which was to take singing classes on a regular basis without realizing that this would completely change her musical and artistic expression.

After a lifetime dedicated to

being a classical flutist with studies in Vienna and Graz, experience in performing arts, touring and even having her portfolio album as a flute soloist in classical music, Tunde feels the need to give a twist to her musical career and, with an average of 20 songs in demo version already, decides to take a break in summer 2018 and see how to produce and release the songs in a pop format.

In September 2018, she meets with Sxmuel (Samuel Montoya) and together they make a work plan for the production of three musical themes, all written and with basic arrangement

by Tunde herself.

Tunde resumes her commitments as a classical musician in November on a tour through

Europe and another tour through Asia in December 2018 with the idea that on her return, she will go to the recording studio to record the vocals for her first three singles: ‘Everlasting Love’, the main theme of the project, ‘Almost Midnight’, a theme that continues the concept with pop sound and urban elements established already in Everlasting Love, and a third single called ‘Take me Out’ with which Sxmuel as producer decides to take Tunde out of her comfort zone of European Pop and experiment with 808 sounds typical for trap, a catchy beat typical for the Caribbean (Dancehall), which Sxmuel is very familiar with.

In January 2019, the vocals are recorded in the Plattenwerk

studio in Vienna, Austria. In the following, the beats are defined and final instrumentals are elaborated by beatmakers from different places in the world, which adds a global touch and sound to the themes. February is the post-production phase for the songs and a date and launch of the project is set for March 28th, 2019.

Tunde, originally from Slovakia with Hungarian roots, a classical music artist who has

in only one year achieved the transition to be a singer of Pop music and now goes on to conquer the public, radio, and stages We had the release of my debut EP 2 weeks ago and since then we are busy preparing new music. I know my name means "return" in Nigeria. My name "Tunde" is a typical hungarian name and means "fairy".

My heart goes out to the

people affected by Cyclone Idai. I can’t imagine the disaster of loosing loved ones and having to start again from point zero. But I know that in all that calamity, God is still there to take us through to the other side and to comfort us.

I will keep the people affected by the cyclone Idai in my prayers. My next single "Feel No Pain" talks about that.

Calamity overtaking us, yet we feel no pain.

LOVE CULTURE

LIVE DVD LAUNCH A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION Love Culture, a group made up of more than 21 members, made their first Live Dvd shoot in Harare on the 12th of April at the Cathedral. The group is Christian Worship Music group which is made up of members from different backgrounds with a common goal which is to spread the Gospel through music entertainment.

The group went through rigorous practice sessions so as to make sure the deliver on the day. The show was graced by Apostles, Pastors and Prophets

from diffrent sects as well as a large crowd of enthusiastic fans.

VIP tickets were available and sold out way before the show.

Running with the theme ‘Victorious through his love’, the team setup a wonderful display and show of art. On the playlist were songs like ‘Ngaanamatwe, Kuna Mwari, Zita rake’. These songs are not yet available for purchase on the market except ‘Zita rake’.

The album launch dates will be announced soon and the avail-

ability of the Dvd as well. Fans of Christian Gospel music can follow their social media pages on Facebook, Instagram and twitter by simply typing Love Culture Inc. The group can be booked for family outings, conferences, corporat events, dinners, weddings, etc as they have different tiers especially made for such events.

PROFILE

N.X.T N.X.T(New Xool Things)is a young Zimbabwean Afro-pop, Hiphop and RnB music duo which was formed in november 2014. This duo features Boi Austin(Rapper) & Bie Da 1st(Singer). These two started their music career in 2012 when they used to do acoustics in school and they had huge hype from that.

That is when they took a step forward by exploring their talent to the world and they decided to form the duo N.X.T with the realease of singles such as "She is the best, Belong and My Lady". When their hit single "Gwalanga ft Thain" dropped on all radio stations (Star Fm,Zi Fm,National Fm,Power Fm,Dia-

mond Fm & Radio Zimbwabwe) they received much appreciation from their fans & that is when they became a household name, Thus having interviews on all local radio stations except Diamond fm.

Big perfomances erupted such as the Nasty C concert held on the 18th of August 2018 in harare being one of the opening acts and some local clubs inclusive. N.X.T, each and every sound they go for turns to a hit.

They have also been able to take home the "Best duo song" award at the prestigious star fm awards held on the 1st of february placing them on a national ambassador level, Such recognition gave birth to enormous opportuni-

ties.

Creativity amongst the two is what gives N.X.T a humanaous capability of being able to fuse various sounds and talents that each artist has. N.X.T has created an amazing fan base and followers, female audience are always amazed when the heartthrobs hit the stage and the guys always pay close attention to the raps.

The young and fresh Duo is taking the game To the next level.For them it is only just the beginning, the hustle has just break even!

N.X.T

MODEL

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PROFILE

LIGHTER THAN USUAL? ANASHE CONQUERS THE WORLD, ALBINISM OR NOT Anashe Blessing Murombedzi born on the 17th of January 1999. She is best described as someone who is friendly, eloquent, sociable and like to have fun. She has a team spirit.

Anashe is doing journalism and media studies at Ranche house college. She is a second time award winning child journalist (2013-2015)

‘ I developed a zeal and passion in journalism since childhood.

I remember doing some games when I was young doing news anchoring and moving around with a remote as my microphone that my dad ended up buying me one Due to the discrimination and isolatation of people with albi-

nism and also talking from experience inspired me to advocate and speak to abolish the negative attitudes people in the society have towards people with albinism.

I then began to write articles and short stories of how I face such challenges and how I overcomed them by first accepting

what I am and be proud of myself and also recognize my ability and potential to show it to the world.

One day my parents read one of my interesting articles and my mom knew a platform to publish it, She then helped me reach to the Sunday Mail bridge the kid's corner for young talented people to showcase their capabilities and I met the editor and showed him my work.

I never stopped writing more articles and

publishing them and I won two awards, one in 2013-2014 as a child reporter of the year and the other one in 2014-2015 as the child journalist reporting on children issues all sponsored by UNICEF and Zimbabwe Union of Journalists.

Today I'm studying journalism and media studies at Ranche House college doing my second year

Beauty beyond the skin Anashe Murombedzi People With Albinism (PWAs) are being victimized by people who hold false myths and beliefs in some African countries.

According to a United Nations report (UN) more than 600 PWAs have been attacked in the Sub-Sahara region. Myths that having sex with PWAs cures HIV/AIDS or enhances one’s fortunes. Some believe that PWAs have magical powers that can be used for rituals.

Some believe it is a curse or punishment to both parents by their ancestors and some say PWAs don’t die they just vanish.

Although these superstitious beliefs by society’s monsters who are murderers and rapists it appears the sentences for those arrested are not deterrent enough. In Malawi PWAs live in fear and they seek asylum but their muffed voices are never heard. As PWAs in Zimbabwe we are concerned with the plight of our brethren. We have to stand as one Africa.

Albinism is a genetic condition that lacks melanin pigmentation when one is born. It is inherited in a recessive pattern from both parents who have the gene which automatically bears a child with Albinism.

Albinism is found also in animals and plants.

With the holding of the 2nd Miss Albinism Zim beauty pageant set for 24 May in Harare, we seek to raise awareness, ad-

vocate for peace and the recognition of our rights. This platform will showcase our abilities which are not different from everyone else.

Our active voices shall forever rise with the theme “Beauty beyond the skin” will reach the global village. We are not lesser human beings. We are proud of ourselves.

However, PWAs have no magical powers to satisfy other people’s needs, we do not cure AIDS, we’re not cursed, Albinism is not contagious. We are normal humans beings just like you. We were all created in the image of God and sisimi sawa in Swahili we are the same.

2019 TRENDS

PROFILE

From Mozambique meet the 23 year old plus size model, feminist and socialite with a big influence.

She runs 2 social groups in Mozambique, Movfemme and Plus Size Moz-chubbys.

N a m e : Ta ku n d a J a y S i m e n d e 2 . S t a g e n a m e : T- j a y 3 . D . O. B : 2 3 - 0 1 4 . N a t i o n a l i t y: Z i m b a b w e a n 5 . L o c a t i o n : H a r a re 6 . L o c a t i o n : H a r a re 7. Height: 1,85m 8 . We i g h t : 6 8 k g 9 . E y e s : B ro w n 1 0 . A g e n c y: To p M o d e l Z w 11. Education: Still studying 1 2 . S t re n g t h s : L o o k s , h e i g h t , c o n f i d e n c e , s m i l e 1 3 . H o b b i e s : Wo r k i n g o u t , d a n c i n g 1 4 . AC H I E V E M E N T S : Aw a rd f o r B e s t Pa g e a n t M o d e l 2 0 1 8 3 n o m i n a t i o n s a t Z i m M o d e l Aw a rd s 2 0 1 8 B r a n d a m b a s s a d o r f o r M E M O RY E E ( C h i n e s e online clothing company) I ’ m c u r re n t l y a c t i n g a s w e l l n o w a d a y s o n d i f f e re n t m o v i e s . I m a p re s e n t e r a s w e l l 15. Contact details: tj simende (Instagram) T J S i m e n d e ( Fa c e b o o k

Poetry a r d n Ivy Sa a k e r Chiwo

I am a girl of 18 who lives in Bindura, Zimbabwe. I'm the third born in a family of five. My Dad is a driver and my mum used to be a cook in SA. My sisters are both at university and i am in college, my little brothers are still in school. I like to write my feelings out. I used to act in dramas, one called malicious intent for the zim digital program. I am a very hardworking girl. I love to play tennis and I write books in my spare time, now I am writing a book called ‘fifty shades of pain’ with my friend valerie.

Under my bed I f h e w a s a b ox e r I w o u l d call him Manyuchi I f h e w a s a w re s t l e r I w o u l d call him Bobby Lashley I f I w e re t o e m p l o y h i m a t my company he would be an abuser H e s c re a m s w i t h a n g e r a t work He comes home drunk A l l h e c a re s a b o u t i s h i m s e l f H e a l w a y s l i ke w a l k i n g w i t h his axe W h e n e v e r h e i s a ro u n d f e a r a ro u s e s I t s l i ke h i s a ro a r i n g h u n g r y lion Our late Doctor Oliver M t u ku d z i O n c e s u n g ' To z e z a b a b a ' * What was this song about Let not your instincts run t h ro u g h y o u r m i n d The pain of a women seems to excite the opposite gender The suffering of a woman seems to give m o re p o w e r t o t h e o p p o s i t e

gender I still hear her cr y under my bed When "he" the animal Slapped the lady who gave birth to me He would laugh and give authority Au t h o r i t y i s e a r n e d w i t h s e re n i t y Tr i b u t e t o D o c t o r O l i v e r Mtukudzi To z e z a b a b a Sometimes looking ahead of things can cause pain D o n ' t p l a n a f u t u re w i t h a person who doesn't have it with you D o n t m a ke a p e r s o n y o u r s , h u m a n s a i n ' t l i ke ro b o t s D o n t p re d i c t y o u r m i n d w i t h another human mind No two minds can link H u m a n s a i n ' t l i ke a n i m a l s who can be trained, Humans have 40% damaged c e l l s s o b a re ( * ke e p ) i n m i n d B e f o re y o u h u r t y o u r s e l f, b e t t e r t h i n k l i ke a k i d who has no expectations

When someone says something you dont understand, better not ask for understanding, for it might hurt you T h i n g s t h a t a re s a i d , t h a t you dont understand a re m e a n t t o b e t h a t w a y, Sometimes we hurt ourselves T h ro u g h d e e p u n d e r s t a n d i n g Don't ask twice, once is enough u n l e s s u re a l l y w a n n a f e e l the pain Thinking can be a critic to your mind Whenever you over think something * t h e re * i s a m i s s i n g l o o p . . .

S o m e t i m e s w e l i ke t o t h i n k that Thinking too much is the way t o t h i n k b i g , w h e re b y t h i n k ing t o o m u c h c a n o n l y d e s t ro y the mind at peace, let the mind b e a t p e a c e l i ke t h e v e l v e t ro s e .

ELLEN The art of Poetry with

Meet Ellen Tsitsi Maponga, born on the 19th of September 1984 in the beautiful city of Gweru, Zimbabwe. She is the last born in the Lugube Family.

Ellen at a young age, developed a strong passion for Arts. At 14 years, she undertook piano lessons at the Zimbabwe Academy of Music which is located in the capital city of Zimbawe, Harare and later on she fell in love with poetry. Ellen believes she expresses herself better in written words as it gives her an opportunity to speak her truth uncensored.

She has a short poetry book

titled ‘Dear Self: Feelings & Faith’ which will be published soon. She promises readers a new experience in poetry reading. Since Ellen found her new love in poetry, it also reflects in her lifestyle, even in pictures she carries a bold expression and exherts strong confidence.

She is currently studying for her second degree BA in Community Development. Impressive as it may seem, she enjoys painting, travelling, community work, reaading and writing.

Currently based in South Africa with her husband and two children, she one of many who fly the Zimbabwean flag high.

Fans can follow her on Facebook: Ellen Tsitsi Lugube-Maponga, on Instagram: ellentsitsimaponga Photographer: Clements Siziba.

I'm careful and in the same breath careless An organised chaos Broken in wholeness Ugly in a beautiful way Straight in a twisted manner I fight in peace Am loud in my silence A calm storm I give nothing but my best Or I keep all to myself I am an indifferent obsessive Madly sane A reclusive extrovert You see I can be who I am Because of What you eject out of me

MUSIC REVIEW

MUSIC REVIEW LETS TALK MUSIC AND MUSICIANS UPDATES....

Each week a lot of music is released into the world, into circulation. What makes this song better than the next and what makes the next popular more than this one is a matter left for debate. In midst of all this we are happy to be talking about it all in this section. To get the playlist we are listening to and most definetily what everyone is listening to then follow us on facebook and subscribe to our youtube and sound cloud accounts.

Majikville Riidim recording is in progress, we have the Passion Riddim which is most probably taking after the popular Prophet Passion and we are so curious right now about that one. Ex Q

has added more accolades to is trolley of shiny achievements by winning more awards at the NAMA’s in Zimbabwe.

At the same time Janet Manyowa keeps shining as she takes some home as well at the same event. Moira Knight makes an appearance with the track Forgive Me and has a brand spanking new video to her brand spanking new single yet to be announced, we kept the secret! As usual Jay 10 keeps us entertained and promises a new track soon plus a new video out soon.

We have so many new songs and artists on our whatsapp group as people post and

post and keep posting their new songs. We would love to share it with the whole world only if the whole world would subscibe to our channel and follow us on social media. Hot music is hard to bury so keep sending new songs and videos to us and we will gladly post everywhere, no country is too far. facebook.com/majikville Magazine twitter.com - @majikvillemag email - majikvillemag@gmail.com

GUTS AND GEAR

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE If only and if only i could get paid to sit and play.

There is no other place i would be than in front of the console and jamming this game. We have good news for all the Warfare fanatics out there. A new offering of Call of Duty Modern Warfare is scheduled for release in June 2019.

We are yet to get the exact dates but we know it will be call Modern Warfare 4.

It will have campaigns.

Something that many fanatics will welcome. Black Ops 4 did not include it which will make the new offering a most welcome feature. Call of Duty is one of the biggest shooting franchises in the world, and has spawned countless

iterations of multiplayer combat over the last few decades of its existence.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was well-received when it released last year, featuring a battle royale mode called Blackout that supplemented the traditional offerings from the series and thrust

it into the modern shooter landscape as well.

the next game in the series as well.

Despite this, the game failed to crack into the battle royale market in a way that saw it really compete with any of the big names, an issue that might remain part of the focus of

Many fanatics took the internet researching all they can about the release date.

This addictive game from Activision is one game that many professional

Le t t e r t o t h e b l a c k c h i l d : YO U R B L A C K I S B E A U T I F U L Hey black child D o y o u k n o w w h o y o u a re ?

W h o y o u re a l l y a re F ro m t h e c o l o r o f y o u r s k i n , t o t h e t e x t u re o f y o u r h a i r, to the lengths of your strands, t o t h e b re a d t h o f y o u r s m i l e , to the stride of your gait, to the span of your arms, to the depth of your bosom, to the carve of your hips, to the glow of your skin.

Hey black child Do you know who you can be?

What you want to be If you try to be What you can be It cannot be defined, It will not be contained, Only you can define it, Because your black is beautiful.

Hey black child D o y o u k n o w w h e re y o u a re g o i n g ?

W h e re y o u a re re a l l y g o i n g I f y o u t r y l o o k i n g i n t h e m i r ro r Yo u r v e r y o w n s o u l c r i e s o u t s u c c e s s And so today speak it out loud, U n a b a s h e d l y, D e c l a re i t a n e w , Yo u r b l a c k i s b e a u t i f u l .

Hey black child D o y o u k n o w y o u a re s t ro n g ?

I m e a n re a l l y s t ro n g Whether it’s celebrated,imitated, exploited ,or denigrated, W h e t h e r i t ’ s n a t u r a l f ro m i n s i d e o r s k i l l f u l l y a p p l i e d .

Yo u r b l a c k i s b e a u t i f u l .

Hey black child Be what you can Le a r n w h a t y o u m u s t l e a r n Do what you can do A n d t o m o r ro w y o u r n a t i o n Will be what you want it to be To a l l m y b ro t h e r s a n d s i s t e r s Fathers and mothers, i speak for us all When i say again OUR BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL Po e m B y : E v e r j o y La r v a n e M a n y a t i P h o t o c re d i t @ i k d _ p h o t o g r a p h y make up @ makeupbar263 Models : Francis M Nyika jnr (that_humble_blesser) a n d R u t e n d o b l i s s M a r i m i ro f a

Life is a piece of Cake

and she has the secret ingredients I started baking at home when I was very young, I was around ten years old.

Baking was my passion and I always enjoyed doing so. My sister later turned it into a business and seeing her growing big, having customers who would really appreciated the work, fascinated me and inspired me.

on their birthdays, to see a smile on someone’s face because of the cake was the best feeling i had and I kept on baking. In 2014 I went into the baking business. At first I was scared thinking where would I get customers, would people have confidence in my work but with time the confidence grew.

I started to bake cakes on a larger scale, unlike just baking at home some muffins, cupcakes, etc. I started to bake cakes and decorate them usually for my friends

I could safely charge a cake and not regret my price list because I was confident about the product I was giving on the market.

A cake is something which

should be the centre of attraction at any event. A cake should give the ‘wow’ expression to anyone walks in and see it. As much as a cake should be amazing on the outside and every detail and decoration on point but the inner part is the one that matters.

It’s the real cake that is supposed to be delicious and if the inner cake is fresh and tasty it will always bring customers.

There are several types of cakes and each category suits its own event. For example a fruit cake is mainly suitable for weddings, spongy cakes for parties and cupcakes for dessert tables.

The cake business can become so difficult in times of economic crisis. However in Zimbabwe

Whenever I get an order I work on it to perfection from the inside to every detail on the outside so that the client may come back again and also may refer others. This has helped so much and I am seeing the business growing despite the economic crisis because people are appreciating my work daily.

Through technology we are becoming one family in the industry. Also social media has made the work of advertising and publishing the cakes very easy, people can just visit my page, see my work and appreciate it then get in touch and I have been getting so many clients through this. The events industry is growing stronger everyday and more effective to many people around the world through technology.

Social media has also become a powerful tool of advertising my work. Technology has helped so much in the cake industry in terms of learning new skills, discussing issues concerning baking with other bakers who may be in faraway places.

To view some of my work people can visit my facebook page and instagram account.

They can make bookings there and send through all their thoughts. Follow me on Facebook today and book yourself a cake your will never forget.

I have managed to conquer this through upgrading my work.