Dance like nobody's watching - it's #InternationalDanceDay ! 💃🕺

Department of State celebrates the artistry, passion, & diversity of dance styles from around the 🌎. Paris 2024 Breaking goes for Olympic gold. Dance, sports, arts - all powerful ways people connect & cultures are shared.

Incredible evening celebrating Bulawayo’s musicians, poets & artists. Thank you to National Gallery in Bulawayo for hosting & British Council for their partnership in our shared goal to support Zimbabwe’s talented creative sector. #ZITF2024

At the Scholastica exhibition at ZITF, Chargé d’Affaires Elaine French spoke to young people on U.S. education and sports exchange programs.  She reaffirmed the U.S. government’s support and commitment to education and sports diplomacy.

Happy Friday Bulawayo! Come visit the U.S. Embassy in Hall 4 today and learn about our programs and opportunities! Take your picture with the Statue of Liberty or at the podium. See you there! #ZITF2024

The U.S. Embassy and the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe hosted a discussion on the changing biodiversity of southern Africa’s savanna on the margins of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair.

Charge d’Affaires French Supports Inclusive Entrepreneurship at #ZITF2024

Charge d’Affaires French met with mine workers and civil society leaders to discuss how we can partner to promote inclusive economic growth, uphold workers’ rights, advance women’s equality, and end child labor. #ZITF2024

.Secretary Antony Blinken released the Human Rights Report today, documenting the status of human rights in nearly 200 countries and territories. “Countries that respect human rights are more likely to be peaceful, prosperous, stable.” state.gov/reports/2023-c…

As demand for plastics grows, experts estimate that by 2030, this rate will increase to the equivalent of two garbage trucks per minute – and by 2040, three garbage trucks per minute. So this Earth Day, the U.S. recommits to taking action toward a more resilient, sustainable, and

The United States congratulates the people of #Zimbabwe on the 44th anniversary of your independence. As our friendship endures, we remain committed to partnering with you toward a more just, equitable & healthy society. Happy Independence Day, Zimbabwe!

Fast fact - In 1961 the American Jazz giant Louis Armstrong and his wife visited Zimbabwe as part of a U.S.-organized cultural exchange. Armstrong met Zimbabwean composer August Musarurwa and later recorded a version of Musarurwa’s song Skokiaan.

Did you know that there are landmines along some of Zimbabwe’s borders? The United States has supported the clearance of over 65,000 mines freeing 3,500 acres of land for Zimbabweans to live and farm on without fear.

The embassy hosted veteran publishers, Irene Staunton and Murray McCartney of Weaver Press, @uiiwp alumnus Chirikure Chirikure, and Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumna Tonderai Mudambo, for a conversation on publishing and free speech in post-independent Zimbabwe.

Happy Jazz Appreciation Month! Jazz celebrates freedom of expression and epitomizes the beauty of individual ideas working together in music and culture in America and elsewhere around the world.