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Ryan Koriya in UK
Ryan Koriya is a passionate child of Africa. A Zimbabwean living in the UK for nearly seven years, he is a musician on a mission – from his humble beginnings with SA/Zim band Mann Friday to now performing under his own name as a singer songwriter.
Ryan lets us into what is his challenging yet exciting personal journey as an upcoming artist in today’s mammoth music industry.
You can also see Ryan's official website.
Or read more of his musical reflections on his personal blog.
Ups and downs of being back in the UK
Coming back to London was also a pleasure as there are countless blessings and perks of living in a society such as that of modern England. Communication is at the forefront with the readily available wifi internet and being able to get back to running the online empire that was difficult to manage from my sparse and pricey encounters with the internet in Zimbabwe.
Being able to transfer large files and k ...
Changing of the seasons
It’s the changing of the seasons. I’m back in the UK and the distant rumble of the approaching spring train can be felt on the ground, so much so that the trees are finally starting to dance to spring’s beat, shaking up the buds to usher in their new outfits of flowers and leaves.
Having just spent eight weeks in my native Zimbabwe after an absence of a whopping seven years, it feels like my personal life ...
Close up look at Harare seven years on
Looking closer to the ground in Harare, the city has taken a beating from the economic collapse. But I can’t get over how much everything is pretty much the same.
The same grocery stores standing in the same places or the same food courts serving the same produce. This is good and bad as that means not much noticeable commercial/urban development has been able to take place in seven years. It also means t ...
Back home after seven years
March 2003. A life changing month to my story. One day in late March I was in my hometown Harare and by the next morning, I was another fresh-faced arrival at London’s Heathrow not knowing that it would be nearly seven years before I would set foot on home soil again.
Getting to that initial point of departure also took long enough. Lacking the advantages of having an affluent background, it was four long ...
Lights, camera, background actio!
“Background action… and, action!” yelled the director. I was propped against a bar, chatting casually to the lady in front of me. The mood was relaxed and we talked with nothing louder than a bold whisper. A few metres away Tom Hanks and Audrey Tatou acted out their dialogue as the camera rolled along its rails capturing the room’s inhabitants with its wide and keen eye.
The director was Ron Howard and th ...
