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Herald Reporter
The gathering of information at the Museum of African Liberation received a boost yesterday following the donation of a video camera by Maranatha Christian Schools.
The Museum of African Liberation is housed at the Liberation City in Warren Park, with extra facilities planned including a hotel, amusement park, shopping mall and presidential apartments.
Maranatha Christian Schools has its secondary school, Maranatha High School, just across the museum’s fence, while its primary school, Maranatha Junior School, is also close to the museum.
The schools chief executive, Dr Samuel Mudavanhu, handed over the video camera to the museum which was accepted by Institute of African Knowledge spokesperson Mr Joseph Nkani.
Speaking during the handover ceremony, Dr Mudavanhu said the schools donated the camera to help in the digitisation of content for the museum.
“I came here two months ago and I was taken on a tour of the magnitude project that is taking place here,” he said. “I grew up in Warren Park. I also used to pass through this road as I went through my high school in Kambuzuma High 2.
“We came here and seeing what was happening I felt we needed to play a role in making sure this project becomes a reality as envisioned by the CEO.”
Dr Mudavanhu said they saw the need to help in the digitisation of the museum.
“We felt we needed to donate a high tech camera which was recently launched, a Sonic 4K we bought a few months ago,” he said. “We wanted to use it for our own use, but we felt this project was much more important than what we wanted to do, hence we have donated it so that it can be used for this cause.”
Commenting on the donation on behalf of the Institute of African Knowledge board, Mr Nkani said they were going to put the equipment to good use.
“We would like to express our gratitude to Dr Mudavanhu for graciously donating this latest piece of equipment to the museum,” he said.
“This equipment will help us digitise our content that we are busy trying to put together for purposes of exhibiting in the museum. We do not take this donation lightly, we will value it and protect it, and will make sure we put it into good use in serving the purpose of establishing the museum here in Harare.”
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