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Why Albert Nyathi is Zim’s distinguished poet
Apart from being poet the multi-talented Nyathi is also a writer, actor, music producer, storyteller and philanthropist.
SINCE leaving the university in 1991, The Zim Community Trailblazers Awards 2023 Distinguished Poet awardee Albert Nyathi has had the opportunity to travel around the world mainly to do performances as a poet and entertainer.
Apart from being poet the multi-talented Nyathi is also a writer, actor, music producer, storyteller and philanthropist.
Countries he has toured include Denmark, Holland, Belgium Hawaii (USA),England, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Switzerland, Russia, Wales, Zambia, South Africa, Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Sicily (Italy), Libya, Algeria and Sweden among others.
He has also been involved in poetry writing and performance workshops in schools, colleges as well as tertiary institutions in numerous countries that include Zimbabwe, Botswana, Hawaii, Denmark and the United Kingdom.
From 1998 to date Albert has championed AIDS awareness, gender awareness,
environmental and climate change programmes, voluntary medical male circumcision,
fund-raising projects and music productions on behalf of many organisations.