{"id":192991,"date":"2021-06-23T16:52:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T14:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/pasha-112-the-struggles-of-women-doing-stand-up-in-zimbabwe\/"},"modified":"2021-06-23T16:52:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T14:52:52","slug":"pasha-112-the-struggles-of-women-doing-stand-up-in-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/pasha-112-the-struggles-of-women-doing-stand-up-in-zimbabwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasha 112: The struggles of women doing stand-up in Zimbabwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pasha-112-the-struggles-of-women-doing-stand-up-in-zimbabwe.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Being a comedian in Zimbabwe is no easy profession, particularly if you\u2019re a woman. The problems women face range from violence \u2013 for example, Samantha Kureya, known on stage as Gonyeti, was abducted and tortured by masked gunmen \u2013 through to attitudes that frown on women taking to the stage. <\/p>\n<p>But Zimbabwe\u2019s women stand-up comedians are fighting the patriarchy. Munya Guramatunhu and Sharon Chideu are taking on the stand-up comedy scene with jokes about men, sex and motherhood. <\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s episode of Pasha, Amanda K\u00e4llstig, a doctoral researcher at the University of Manchester, first takes us through her research on stand-up comedy in Zimbabwe and the women who are taking on the industry. And Munya and Sharon share their experiences of being women doing stand-up in Zimbabwe. They wrap up with some light-hearted chats on men, women, dating and sex.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p> <em> <strong> Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/women-stand-up-comedians-in-zimbabwe-talk-about-sex-and-the-patriarchy-156052\">Women stand-up comedians in Zimbabwe talk about sex &#8212; and the patriarchy<\/a> <\/strong> <\/em>\n<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Photo:<\/strong><br \/>\u201cSharon Chideu aka Magi.\u201d by Sharon Chideu<\/p>\n<p><strong>Music:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cHappy African Village\u201d by John Bartmann, found on <a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/John_Bartmann\/Public_Domain_Soundtrack_Music_Album_One\/happy-african-village\">FreeMusicArchive.org<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">CC0 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmbient Piano Loop 11 (Ambiance)\u201d by Erokia found on <a href=\"https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/Erokia\/sounds\/477042\/\">Freesound<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/3.0\/\">Attribution Noncommercial License.<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/africa\/\">Source: The Conversation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a comedian in Zimbabwe is no easy profession, particularly if you\u2019re a woman. The problems women face range from violence \u2013 for example, Samantha Kureya, known on stage as Gonyeti, was abducted and tortured by masked gunmen \u2013 through to attitudes that frown on women taking to the stage. 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