Mozambique: Stewart Sukuma made Honorary Citizen of Quelimane

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Mozambique: Stewart Sukuma made Honorary Citizen of Quelimane

1:08 CAT | 19 Dec 2022

Photo: O País

The Municipal Council of Quelimane last Friday dubbed musician and poet Stewart Sukuma an Honorary Citizen of the City of Quelimane.

According to a press release, Quelimane mayor Manuel de Araújo recognized the role of Stewart Sukuma in the promotion, appreciation and preservation of the history and culture of the city of Quelimane and the “Quelimanenses”.

The distinction is intended to honour an artist who spent a significant part of his adolescence in the city of Quelimane, where he came to define himself as a citizen and artist, influenced and inspired by the tradition and identity of the Zambezian people and, above all, by the energy of the city.

For Mayor Araújo, Stewart Sukuma never left Quelimane, and his connection with the place is reflected in his music and in his poetry, eternalized in his book ‘O Alfaiate e a Arte de Costurar o Amor’ [‘The Tailor and the Art of Sewing Love’], recently released in both Portugal and Mozambique.

Araújo notes that Stewart Sukuma is not just an artistic reference point, but an active citizen, continually engaged in building a better country.

In his intervention, Stewart Sukuma thanked Mayor Manuel de Araújo, recalling that “the places, people and smells that I discovered up until I was 14 are still alive within me, and carry a lot of meaning. This recognition renews and elevates the love I have always felt for the land”.

The Municipal Council of Quelimane also awarded Sukuma a Certificate of Recognition for his 40-year-long career.

‘O Alfaiate e a Arte de Costurar o Amor’ was presented on the occasion by Jorge Ferrão, rector of the Pedagogical University of Maputo.

Source: O País