Anna Mudeka

Anna Mudeka is a Zimbabwean-British musician, business executive and music festival organizer. She is the organizer of the Southburgh Festival of World Music in Southburgh in the Breckland district of mid-Norfolk, East Anglia, England. Also some local festivities.

Quotes

• "Embrace every opportunity that comes your way"
• "Feel the fear and do it anyway"
• "Go with your passion"
• "Ask for help – you don’t know until you ask"
• "Find a mentor or coach – sometimes just to help you clarify your own thoughts by talking an idea thorough"
  • In the Business of Music, Culture and Compassion: Anna Mudeka, 2 December 2013
• "We are attached to the culture of where we grew up and for me is the umuntu culture,the human being part of that culture"
• "I have met people from my culture who are probably too shy to say they are Zimbabweans,or embrace and be proud of this vibrant culture.I am unashamedly proud of it"
• "It is my role to tell stories,I am not an actress,and that will be a nice challenge very exciting"
• "There is something incredibly powerful about the soil of Africa and for me it is to inspire a child to see a different Africa and also take them on a journey.The music at the end is a little bonus,but the biggest part of me is describing Africa and also the questions"
• "The best kind of questions comes from the children,they ask incredibly honest questions.Maybe we could learn from them,it would make the world a better place if we had the confidence to ask questions that kids ask.There is something about them that fulfils what you do as an artist as a way to inspire the next generation"
  • Anna Mudeka:'Moving to Norfolk was one of the best things i ever did',2 May 2022