Zimbabwe: Pregnant Women in Zimbabwe Flaunt Taboos With Baby Bump Photo Shoots

Mutare, Zimbabwe — Social media trends have inspired a rise in these photo shoots in a culture that traditionally hides pregnancies.

In 2022, Panashe Muteedzi gave a thumbs-up to some photos of a pregnant celebrity on Facebook. Days later, the now-mother of two girls saw a pregnancy photo shoot of an ordinary stranger, and again she “liked” it. That was the moment she decided she would do a photo shoot for her next pregnancy.

“For my first child I did not have a pregnancy shoot as it was during…