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Bulawayo artist fights discrimination in Austria
12 Jun 2013 at 12:53hrs | Views
Austria based Bulawayo Musician Vusa Mkhaya Ndlovu never stops flying the flag for the City Of Kings across the ponds. Mkhaya who is a member of Insingizi a three member musical group based in Vienna Austria has joined Austrians in the campaign "Show your face - Against Discrimination".
The name of the campaign, which is initiated by the "Anti-Discrimination Agency Styria" together with the "Holding Graz".
People on Facebook are called upon to show their faces against discrimination.
According to Mkhaya "those faces will be on posters and on buses and trams."
"This Saturday we will be at a press conference where the campaign will be officially launched and Insingizi will be performing there," said Mkhaya.
In everyday life, especially in public transport, people are confronted with discriminatory slogans or violence," says Daniela Grabovac, Head of the "Anti-Discrimination Agency Styria".
The "Anti-Discrimination Agency Styria" recorded in the previous year 425 cases of discrimination. 13 percent of the cases were recorded in public transport.
The name of the campaign, which is initiated by the "Anti-Discrimination Agency Styria" together with the "Holding Graz".
People on Facebook are called upon to show their faces against discrimination.
According to Mkhaya "those faces will be on posters and on buses and trams."
"This Saturday we will be at a press conference where the campaign will be officially launched and Insingizi will be performing there," said Mkhaya.
In everyday life, especially in public transport, people are confronted with discriminatory slogans or violence," says Daniela Grabovac, Head of the "Anti-Discrimination Agency Styria".
The "Anti-Discrimination Agency Styria" recorded in the previous year 425 cases of discrimination. 13 percent of the cases were recorded in public transport.
Source - Byo24News
