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1 | Zimbabwe: Meet Zimbabwean blogger and poet, Mcgini Nyoni | Zimbaboe: Fihaonana tamin'ny mpitoraka bilaogy sy poety Zimbaboeana, Mcgini Nyoni |
2 | Zimbabweans are leaving their mark in the world of blogs and other social media tools. | Mamela ny dindony eo amin'ny tontolon'ny bilaogy sy ireo fitaovana media sosialy hafa ny Zimbaboeana. |
3 | Zimbabwean blogger, poet, playwright and writing instructor, Mcgini Nyoni, is not an exception. | Ilay Zimbaboeana mpitoraka bilaogy, poety, mpanoratra tantara an-tsehatra sady mpampianatra , Mcgini Nyoni, dia tsy mivoana amin'izany. |
4 | Mcgini is the Creative Director of the project Poetry Bulawayo. | Mcgini dia Filoha Mpamorona ny tetikasa Poezy Bulawayo. |
5 | Here is an email interview I recently conducted with him. | Ity misy fanadihadiana avy amin'ny mailaka nifanaovako taminy. |
6 | Q: Can you briefly tell us about yourself? | Q: Afaka milaza ny mombamomba anao fohifohy ve ianao? |
7 | I started blogging around September 2009 after a workshop with Ivor Hartman at the Intwasa festival. | Nanomboka nitoraka bilaogy aho tamin'ny Septambra 2009 taorian'ny fiofanana niarahako tamin'i Ivor Hartman tamin'ny fankalazana ny Intwasa. |
8 | He runs the Storytime blog and in that workshop he opened our eyes to the fact that we could have a free website (a blog is a website really); something we thought was not possible. | Mamelona ny bilaogy Storytime izy ary tao anatin'io fiofanana io dia nanokafany ny masonay tamin'ny fahafahanay manana vohikala maimaim-poana (ny bilaogy dia vohikala tokoa); zavatra izay tsy noeritreretinay ho azo tanterahana. |
9 | Q: Please tell us more about what you write? | Q: Lazao anay bebe kokoa ny mikasika ny zavatra soratanao |
10 | The Poetry Bulawayo blog is an online publication of poetry and that is the blog I will focus on in this interview. | Ny bilaogy Ny poezy Bulawayo dia famoahana ireo poezy amin'ny aterineto ary ity no bilaogy ho resahiko manokana ato amin”ity fanadihadiana ity. |
11 | I also write opinion articles mainly on governance issues on Kubatana blog. | Manoratra lahatsoratra fanehoan-kevitra ihany koa aho izay matetika mikasika ny olana eo amin'ny fitondrana ao amin'ny bilaogy Kubatana. |
12 | Q: How are you involved with Poetry Bulawayo? | Q: Inona no toeranao ao amin'ny Poezy Bulawayo? |
13 | I needed an outlet for my poetry and the poets I work with also needed a place where they could post their work. | Nila toerana hasiana ireo poeziko ireo aho ary ireo Poety miara-miasa amiko ihany koa dia mila toerana hamoahana ny asany. |
14 | The blog poetrybulawayo.blogspot.com has published poetry from across the world and the major achievement to date is the compilation of the poetry anthology DAYBREAK which is available through UNIBOOK online. | Ny bilaogy poetrybulawayo.blogspot.com dia mamoaka ireo poezy eran-tany ary ny zavatra nisongadina indrindra amin'izao dia ny antolojian'ny poezy DAYBREAK izay hita ao amin'ny UNIBOOK. |
15 | The Poetry Bulawayo blog came about after the realisation that mainstream publishers are not interested in publishing poetry mainly because it is not viable to do so. | Ny bilaogy Poetry Bulawayo dia niforona taorian'ny nahafantarana fa tsy liana amin'ny famoahana poezy ireo mpanonta fototra satria matetika dia tsy mateza izany. |
16 | It is therefore left to those who are driven by passion to push it. | Lasan'ireo izay revom-pitiavana hampiroborobo azy izany. |
17 | Q: What are the main obstacles for individuals or organisations planning on using social media tools in the country? | Q: Inona ireo sakantsakana tena misakana ireo olon-tsotra na fikambanana amin'ny fampiasana ireo fitaovana media sosialy ao amin'ny firenena? |
18 | The main challenges of being a blogger in Zimbabwe is the limited access to internet and computers. | Ny tena olana amin'ny fitorahana bilaogy aty Zimbaboe dia ny fidirana voafetra amin'ny aterineto sy ny solosaina. |
19 | I have to update the blog from an internet cafe, which is not the ideal situation. | Voatery mamoaka ireo zava-baovao ao amin'ity bilaogy ity any amin'ny trano fisotroan-kafe misy aterineto aho, izay tsy dia tsara loatra. |
20 | With blogging you have to be consistent and that cannot happen easily in Zimbabwe. | Rehefa mitoraka bilaogy ianao dia mila fikirizana izay tsy dia vita loatra aty Zimbaboe. |
21 | The other problem is that not many zimbabweans use the internet, so most of the hits on the site are from international visitors. | Ny olana hafa ihany koa dia tsy maro ireo zimbaboeana no mampiasa aterineto, noho izany dia maro amin'ireo mpanaraka ny vohikala no avy any ivelany. |
22 | Whilst the international readers are welcome, we would appreciate more local readers. | Na dia raisina an-kafaliana aza ireo vahiny ireo, dia tianay koa ny hitombon'ireo mpamaky eto an-toerana. |
23 | Q: What is the future of blogging in Zimbabwe? | Q: Ahoana ny hoavin'ny fitorahana bilaogy any Zimbaboe? |
24 | More and more people are taking up blogging in Zimbabwe, but it will take some time before it becomes an alternative means of communication. | Mihamitombo dia mihamitombo ireo vahoaka manomboka mitoraka bilaogy aty Zimbaboe, fa mbola ho elaela vao ho lasa fitaovana fifandraisana fanolo izany. |
25 | But we will get there eventually. | Fa ho tonga amin'izay ihany izahay. |
26 | Pamela: Thanks for your time | Pamela: Misaotra nahafoy fotoana |
27 | You are welcome | Tsy misy tokony hisaoranao |
28 | Here is one of Mcgini's poems called State Witness. | Ity ny iray amin'ireo poezian'i Mcgini antsoina hoe State Witness. |