Zimbabwe Artist Faces Trial, Exhibit Banned

ZIMBABWE (AP).- A Zimbabwe artist’s attorney says the artist will go to trial next month for depicting scenes in his paintings of civilians being massacred by government troops, images that have now been banned under the country’s censorship laws. Earlier this year, police shut down Owen Maseko’s exhibit depicting an armed uprising after Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980 when civilians were crushed by troops loyal to President Robert Mugabe. Attorney Lizwe Jamela said Tuesday that Maseko has now been charged with [...]

Zimbabwe Police Shut 2nd Art Exhibit on Violence

HARARE.- Police in Zimbabwe shut down an art exhibit exploring violence blamed on President Robert Mugabe, an attorney said Monday. Artist Owen Maseko collected family photos of missing people, images of mine shafts where bodies were believed dumped and reports on an armed uprising after independence in 1980 in the western Matabeleland district that was crushed by troops loyal to Mugabe. Thousands of civilians were massacred in the fighting. Attorney Kucaca Phulu said that Maseko, his client, spent the weekend [...]