Experience

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  Gallery 1957

  • Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana

  • Communications Manager

    • May 2023 - Present
    • Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana

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  New Frame

  • Writer

    • Feb 2022 - Present

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  Mail & Guardian

  • South Africa

  • Writer

    • Sep 2017 - Present
    • South Africa

    My duties include having written a three-part travel diary on cultural andartistic knowledge in Brazil, and documenting cultural affairs on the Africancontinent.https://mg.co.za/author/chaze-matakala

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  ArtThrob

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Writer

    • Feb 2019 - Present
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    My duties include having written about The Essence of Pan-African Arts at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair. https://artthrob.co.za/article-author/chaze-matakala/

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  Between 10 and 5

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Writer

    • Apr 2017 - Present
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    My duties include profiling contemporary African artists and documentingcultural affairs.http://10and5.com/author/chazematakala/

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  OkayAfrica

  • Brooklyn

  • Writer

    • Jun 2016 - Present
    • Brooklyn

    My duties include profiling contemporary African artists and documentingcultural affairs for opinion pieces and popular culture news stories.http://www.okayafrica.com/community/chaze_matakala

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  Open Window

  • South Africa
  • Higher Education
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Literary Arts Manager

    • May 2022 - Jul 2023

    As Manager for the School of Literary Arts, I assist in the efficient running of the programs and adjacent university activities in my department. By way of developing, shaping and lecturing the curricula, including the courses in stage and screenwriting, literary theory, and new media and journalism, I deliver dynamic and practical lectures rooted in Afrocentric theory.

  • Senior Lecturer

    • Mar 2022 - May 2022

    I am a lecturer in the Literary Arts program, bringing forth my experience and academic background in media and journalism, film studies and cultural studies to educate the young creative minds of Zambia.

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  Afronauts Filimu LTD

  • Lusaka, Zambia

  • Production Consultant (associate producer)

    • Oct 2020 - Oct 2021
    • Lusaka, Zambia

    In my capacity as production consultant, I operate as the on the ground liaison for the director of a forthcoming Zambian feature film during the development and pre-production phases. My duties include creating and managing a growing, living organisational system that can hold the project in a central place. I am also responsible for managing budgeting, casting, workshop design and location scouting during the development/pre-production phases. My role involves overseeing the production process to ensure the fulfilment of administrative tasks for the film director while managing communications between the film director and the cast and film crew.This role will evolve towards an Associate Producer role and credit in the final film production.

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  Ku-Atenga Media

  • Zambia

  • Researcher and Content Strategist

    • Jan 2020 - Aug 2020
    • Zambia