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Welcome to the official website of Fortune Massie Tazvivinga — a Zimbabwean filmmaker, award-winning children’s book author, producer, director, scriptwriter, cultural educator, German language consultant, and multimedia artist.
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INHLANHLA
Written and Produced by Fortune Massie Tazvivinga
A 60-minute Zimbabwean independent feature film exploring friendship, peer pressure, and identity in urban Zimbabwe.
FOOL'S PARADISE
Co- Producer/Director
Feature Film exploring cultural themes versus modern cultures. .
Unscripted ZW
Producer, Scriptwriter and Presenter (2013-2015)
Lifestyle, entertainment, and tourism television magazine show or programme aired on Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation ZBC TV. Episodes were shot on site in Bulawayo, Bindura and Harare.
Skorokoro
Writer, Producer, Director and Author
Educational children’s programme pilot executive produced by Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe BAZ underZim Digital. Also a children's book.
Books & Literature
The River God uNyaminyami
NAMA Winner 2013
Award-winning children's book focusing on African mythology.
Once Upon a Earth
Written by Zimbabwean award winning children's book author Fortune Tazvivinga Siziba and Illustrated by Nhlanhla Maradonna Nyathi.
Based on the planets of the solar system and how they were goddesses . This is a clever tale of how the sun and the moon were star crossed lovers called Mono the albino son of a blacksmith and Zuva the princess and why till this day they chase each other only catching up when there is a solar eclipse. This is yet another story that has been waiting to be told, the story that has been waiting to take it's place among iconic stories.
My Zimbabwean Farm friends
Author
Children's book about Zimbabwean farm animals who are friends and live in a little town by the teapot tip of the Zimbabwean map. Meet Moozimbo the rastafarian cow, Mehh the goat that wore glasses, Behh the sheep, Chickie and Bakik the chickens, Oink the pig that loved to count coins and notes, Oi the donkey with a gap in his teeth and Tinashe the ndazula tractor with a gold tooth. They have different adventures on the farm and their names are derived from the African child's interpretation of animal sounds. It has a nice jingle that is used during story time.
Santa Comes to Africa
Author for the English version. Collaborated with Kirsten Boie and Öetinger for a feature in a German collection of shirt Christmas stories
A story about a small rural boy called Munya who believed in the magic of Christmas and how one small letter convinced Santa Klaus to come to Zimbabwe Africa.
Awards & Recognition
National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA)
2013
Outstanding Children’s Book category winner.
Mandela Washington Fellowship
2016
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Fellow.