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Zuhura Seng'enge (The African Lioness) is a performance poet, writer, activist and youth facilitator featured in platforms such as Badilisha Poetry Exchange, Drops of Poetry Magazine, Open Mic Uganda, The Mashariki Journal, and recently in Femina Magazine’s April-June issue. She is a feature poet in an Anthology for East African Writers titled Moonscapes published in (2016) and has co-founded a poetry platform called Poetry 255 in December 2016 and formed a Poetry Band named Conscious September 2016. Some of the highlights of her performances include; Woman Scream International Poetry Festival (2014 and 2015), Mwalimu Nyerere Professional Chair in Pan-Africanism 7th Intellectual Festival (2015), The East Africa Vibes Concert (2016), Remix Africa in Translation (2016), Paza Sauti Youth Poetry Slam (2017), Le Cercle Franco- Tanzanien 8th Edition (2017) and Nuru ya Afya Masquerade Ball Fundraising Event (2018). Zuhura has also participated in organising and facilitating children and youth workshops namely; World Children's Poetry Day (WOCHIPODA - 2016), CDEA Writers and Editors Training Workshop (2016) and Jalada Africa Writes Schools Workshop (2017). She was also a panelist for the 2017 Alliance Française debate organised by the Embassy of France to Tanzania. Her publications include two audio anthologies titled Warrior Unleashed (2016) and Love Blooms (2017).

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Sanaa ya Ushairi ina nafasi gani katika maisha yako ya kila siku?

Sanaa ya ushairi kwangu ni sehemu kubwa na msingi wa maisha yangu. Ndiyo kazi yangu, ndoto yangu na kitu kinachonipa utambulisho. Ushairi ndiyo huongoza harakati zangu na maisha yangu na wenzangu kwenye jamii, hunipa hamasa ya kushiriki katika kufanya mabadiliko chanya kwenye jamii yangu.

Unawezaje kuandaa mashairi yako na kutengeneza ushairi wako kibunifu?

Ninaweza kufanya hivyo kupitia hamasa na msukumo ninaopata kutoka kwenye maisha ya watu wanaonizunguka, kupitia kazi za uandishi za washairi na watunzi mbalimbali, kupitia habari mbalimbali zinazojiri mitandaoni na duniani kwa ujumla na kupitia sanaa nyingine kama maigizo na filamu, michezo (dance), picha na uchoraji, Muziki na nyimbo n.k. Msukumo au hamasa hiyo ndiyo hunipa hisia stahili ambayo ndiyo nitaitumia kutengeneza wazo nitakaloliandikia. Hata hivyo, Mara chache huwa naandaa mashairi yangu kwa kujipa au kupewa changamoto ya mada inayohitaji utunzi wa namna fulani.

Kitu gani ambacho unatamani kukibadilisha katika tasnia ya ushairi Tanzania?

Natamani kuleta pamoja Mbinu na mitindo yote ya utunzi ya kiushairi kwa washairi waandishi na wale wafanyao sanaa za maonesho (kwenye majukwaa), kwa wale wana mapokeo na malenga wapya wafanyao mashairi huru, na kufanya tofauti zetu ziwe kitu cha kusherekea kukua kwa sanaa hii badala ya kutujengea matabaka. Pia kuwa na tamasha kubwa na endelevu la ushairi kila mwaka hata mara mbili ili kurudi kuienzi sanaa hii, na kutengeneza soko endelevu na la kudumu kwa kazi za ushairi za waandishi wa vitabu na wanaorekodi sauti na/au picha.

Unawezaje kuleta mabadiliko katika kiwanda cha ushairi bila kuharibu utamaduni wa nchi?

Kwanza inabidi kuweka wazi utamaduni upi unaozungumzia maana nchi ina tamaduni nyingi. Kama unaongelea utamaduni wa utumiaji wa lugha mama basi mimi pamoja na kuwa nina kazi za ushairi zilizo kwa lugha ya kiingereza pia ni katika waandishi wazuri wa kisasa wa lugha ya kiswahili hivyo mabadiliko niliyoweza kuleta ni pamoja na kutengeneza jukwaa ambalo litawapa nafasi washairi wengine wachanga hasa wanaopendezwa zaidi na sanaa ya maonesho kuonesha kipaji chao na kusikika na kupitia jukwaa hilo kupata fursa mbalimbali. Na kama utamaduni unaozungumzia ni wa kimaadili basi mimi ni mtunzi wa kazi ambazo huhamasisha umoja, upendo, kujitambua, kuthamini maisha na engine yenye tija na ya kuburudisha na pia huwa sivai mavazi ya kudhalilisha uafrika na utanzania wangu hivyo naamini kuwa kupitia hayo ni mfano mzuri wa kuigwa kwa washairi wengine.

Je, unafikiri wasanii wa Ushairi Tanzania wanatumia Data katika kuandaa kazi zao?

Ndiyo naamini wanafanya hivyo; kwasababu ulimwengu tulionao sasa ni wa kidijitali hivyo taarifa nyingi zinapita na kufika Mitandaoni hasa mitandao ya kijamii ambapo vijana wengi na hata watoto na watu wazima huperuzi kufahamu na kushiriki vitu mbalimbali, hivyo mawazo yao ya uandishi hayaendi mbali na hayo yanayojiri wanayoyasikia na kuona.

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Sanaa ya Ushairi ina nafasi gani katika maisha yako ya kila siku?

Unawezaje kuandaa mashairi yako na kutengeneza ushairi wako kibunifu?

Kitu gani ambacho unatamani kukibadilisha katika tasnia ya ushairi Tanzania?

Unawezaje kuleta mabadiliko katika kiwanda cha ushairi bila kuharibu utamaduni wa nchi?

Je, unafikiri wasanii wa Ushairi Tanzania wanatumia Data katika kuandaa kazi zao?

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